Help Stop Budweiser Using Horses With Amputated Tailbones

When the name “Budweiser” is mentioned, cold beer and summer barbecues may come to mind. What about the Budweiser Clydesdales?

The Budweiser Clydesdale are a group of horses exploited for promotions and adverts, often shown during the Super Bowl, by Anheuser-Busch Companies – Budweiser’s parent company. A new PETA US investigation has gone behind the scenes of the famous Super Bowl adverts and revealed the mutilation, torture, and pain of horses whose tailbones are amputated with a scalpel or a band to cut off the blood flow – purely for aesthetic reasons.

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An Undercover Investigation

PETA US went undercover at Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, US (the official breeding facility for the Budweiser Clydesdales); visited Grant’s Farm (where the horses are trained); and talked to handlers who travel with teams of the adult horses. The group uncovered that Clydesdales’ tails are amputated so they’ll look a certain way as they pull the wagon.

Horses Need Their Tails

Clydesdales, like all horses, need their tails to protect themselves from biting insects – including those that carry West Nile virus and other pathogens. Their tails are also important for balance, mobility, and communication.

Amputating a horse’s tailbone (commonly called “tail docking”) is so cruel that this needless cosmetic procedure is illegal in the Australia.

Take Action for Horses

No animal deserves for part of their body to be amputated just because humans prefer the look. Please urge Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser’s parent company, to stop using mutilated horses now:

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Mr

Michel

Doukeris

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Dear {contact_data~title} {contact_data~lastName}:

I was shocked to learn that Anheuser-Busch uses mutilated Clydesdales, whose tailbones have been cut off either partially or completely, for Budweiser promotions. Equines subjected to tail amputation can’t protect themselves from flies or other biting insects, which could increase their risk of being infected with West Nile virus or other pathogens transmitted via insect bites.

Horses also depend on their tail to communicate, and removing all or part of it limits their ability to do this. Tailbone amputation is so harmful that many European countries as well as 10 US states have completely banned it, except when medically necessary. Many humane alternatives exist, including braiding and wrapping, both of which are common.

Please honour the 90th anniversary of the Budweiser Clydesdales this year by committing to no longer using horses with mutilated tails.

Sincerely,

{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}
{user_data~Email Address}

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Help Stop Budweiser Using Horses With Amputated Tailbones

An Undercover Investigation

Horses Need Their Tails

Take Action for Horses

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