By MARTIN GRIFFITH as it appears in the Idaho Statesman “Her focus appears to be on making profits off public land“ RENO, Nev. — Wild-horse advocates may be unified in their sharp criticism of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but they’re split over President Barack Obama’s choice to replace […]
Chinese Artists Do Great Job with Snow Sculpture Color me impressed; being one that cannot even draw stick-men I am in awe over this photo gleaned from the internet this afternoon. Felt it would be a good thing to share on a “Feel Good Sunday”. This photo has […]
from the pages of the BBC Mistreated, neglected and moments from slaughter, the future looked pretty bleak for Pollyanne the donkey until an Oxfordshire sanctuary came to her rescue “It’s “Feel Good Sunday” and it is almost difficult to take time off from the EU Horse Slaughter/Meat Scandal, […]
By MARTIN GRIFFITH as it appears in the Las Vegas Review-Journal Private Cattle Denude Range While Native Wild Horses Pay the Price RENO – Federal land managers have concluded a roundup of wild horses in Northern Nevada with the removal of some 200 more of the animals from […]
Jamie Doward The Observer, Saturday 9 February 2013 17.13 GMT DNA testing of food to be stepped up following fears there has been criminal activity on an international scale Organised criminal gangs operating internationally are suspected of playing a major role in the horsemeat scandal that has seen […]
Story by Matt McGrath of the BBC An independent veterinary committee had “repeatedly expressed concern” about a drug found in UK horsemeat destined for export, the BBC has learned The discovery of horsemeat in UK foodstuffs is raising big concerns that UK testing regimes are not sufficient. There […]
By Henry Chu of the Los Angeles Times “Everything Surrounding Horse Slaughter Smacks of Criminal Intent!” LONDON — A growing food-contamination scandal in Britain widened into a criminal investigation Friday, with consumers worried about finding horse meat in their burgers or lasagna. What began as the discovery of […]
Martin Hickman of the INDEPENDENT “Hey USA, What’s in YOUR Ground Beef?” Britons have been eating horse meat in “beef” ready meals for up to six months, according to a leaked document from the frozen food company at the centre of the scandal. Findus admitted in a letter […]
Adam Taylor of the Business Insider “There are concerns that the horse meat used in the lasagna contained the drug bute, which is a known human health risk.” In January, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) made a horrifying discovery — horse meat had been found in […]
By Ken Anderson of Brownfield Ag News for America Cattlemen’s Beef Association Ain’t Happy, Shucks! The director of federal lands for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is expressing “reservations” about the nomination of Sally Jewell to be the next Secretary of the Interior. Speaking with Brownfield at the […]
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