First and foremost, Equine Justice is dedicated to establishing a total ban on the exportation of horses for slaughter. Plain and simple. It is a barbaric practice performed in the cruelest of fashions. It diminishes humanity each time a horse is slaughtered for it stems from the worst aspect of our natures. The horses are killed by bleeding to death. The slaughter and dismemberment occurs while the horses are still alive! This is shocking and repupugnant to the conscience of any decent human being. It must stop. It will stop. If you are not absolutely convinced and of this and outraged by it, please watch the video on this site.

Because the ban on exporting horses for slaughter will take time to achieve, it is unacceptable that any horse be sent to slaughter. For that reason, any horse in danger of losing it's home is a potential rescue and Equine Justice will strive to provide that home or facilitate a placement. Horses which are rescued by Equine Justice will potentially be put to their best use: Helping humans through therapeutic interaction in a non-profit program, such as that conducted by Horse Wisdom.

Next, we are committed to improving the conditions in which thoroughbred horses and warmblood's are trained for racing and dressage. This includes the minimum ages which thoroughbreds are eligible to race, the conditions of tracks upon which they must run, and their care and maintenance after they are rendered disabled or too old. In Dressage the practice of Rolkur (over bending, hyperflexion) should be addressed and debated.

Equine Justice is also intended to be a funding organization serving as a credible source from which to distribute financial support to other qualified non-profit rescue operations. Donations to Equine Justice will be used to provide financial help to rescue organizations.

We endeavor to reach and teach, to educate and inform, through public lectures by Equine Justice's president and founder, Margo Dockendorf, as well as through articles, public blogs and media interviews.

We seek the establishment of a permanent fund to be used for the retirement and disability of thoroughbred race horses. This fund should be created by voluntarily contributions by thoroughbred race horse owners and breeders, if possible. Otherwise, such contributions may have to be a result of fees or taxes, including wagering. The fund could be administered by a public, private or quasi-public group. The board of trustees for the fund should consist of members of the race industry, including trainers and jockeys, equine advocacy representatives and equine veterinary experts. The fund could be a result of a ballot initiative in a statewide election which would lay the foundation for a national fund.

Equine Justice would like to see the creation of an international organization, possibly a private non-profit with an international charter, or a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) operating under the auspices of or in affiliation with the United Nations. This organization would be charged with oversight of programs to establish equine justice around the world.

Last, but certainly not least, Equine Justice would like to see the creation of a large ranch somewhere in the western US to serve as an asylum for rescued horses, where they can live free and roam without fear, to run for the sheer delight of running, like they were intended.

Robert F. Kennedy

"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency."

Daniel Burnham, architect of first skyscraper