Bek here, Co-Founder of Horses In Our Hands. This is one of the most important emails we've ever sent.
For over 8 years, Siri and I have given our hearts, our time, and over $1 million of our own money to one mission: to permanently end the slaughter of American horses and their export across our borders for slaughter.
We've never taken a dime from this work. No salaries. No founder compensation. No personal benefit. You can verify it in our tax filings. Every dollar raised has gone toward the mission:
- ✔️ Lobbying
- ✔️ Legislative advocacy
- ✔️ Education
- ✔️ National awareness campaigns
This has never been about us. It has always been about the horses, because while rescuing horses one by one saves lives, changing federal law saves every horse.
Together with supporters like you, we've already done what many said was impossible:
- ✅ 250,000+ constituent emails sent to Congress
- ✅ 100+ million Americans reached through our PSA and social campaigns, featured on CNN, MSNBC, Fox and Discovery
- ✅ 100+ direct meetings with lawmakers and key decision-makers
- ✅ The SAFE Act advanced further than it had in over 20 years
🚨The moment that changed everything 🚨
When we got the SAFE Act before the House Energy & Commerce Committee, we learned something shocking: not a single major animal welfare organization had met directly with Chairman Pallone about this legislation. That was the moment we realized — if this bill was going to move, we had to help make it happen.
So, we did. Through relentless advocacy, education, and strategic relationship-building, the SAFE Act advanced to a subcommittee hearing and moved further than it had in over two decades.
That didn't happen by accident. It happened because we've spent nearly a decade learning exactly how Washington works — how relationships are built, how timing changes everything, how strategy (not just passion) moves legislation. This isn't guesswork anymore. We know the process, we know the stakeholders, we know where the leverage is. And we know we can get this done in this Congress.
Why we stepped back — and why we're back now.
In 2023, we had to pause active lobbying. For two years, we'd been working 100+ hour weeks while running our businesses and caring for our herd of 40 rescued horses. And during that same time, Siri was fighting for her life — diagnosed with anticipated terminal acute myeloid leukemia with less than a 5% chance of survival.
