Source: by Riley Johnson as published in the Lincoln Star Journal.com “Today is not only ‘Feel Good Sunday’ but it is also ‘Draft Horse Sunday’! Sorry, there is a great, big, beautiful Belgian Draft TB Cross in our barn who is my new soul-mate so please allow me […]
By Pat Raia as published in The Horse “…the USDA has consistently ignored those obligations in a rush to begin horse slaughter…” The USDA said its Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is not forbidden by law from inspecting horse processing plants, according to the agency’s response to an […]
SOURCE: fiercegovernment.com By Zach Rausnitz A government employee who stepped into a contractor’s role is among the targets of a report criticizing contracting practices at the Bureau of Land Management. The Interior Department office of inspector general says in a recently released report, dated Sept. 30, that a […]
By John M. Glionna of the LA Times “Horse slaughter is a predatory, inhumane business, and we are pleased to win another round in the courts to block killing of these animals on American soil for export to Italy and Japan” Animal welfare advocates are preparing for a […]
By Vickery Eckhoff as published on her blog “you’re a horse advocate, you’re a horse advocate” I have a new post on Forbes.com: Grand Opening of Horse Slaughter Plants Foiled Again. You can read it here. The topic may seem obscure, but it’s probably my most important writing […]
News from Vicki Tobin ~Vice President Equine Welfare Alliance “The environmental issues from former horse slaughter plants are now on record…” “You can draw your own conclusion after reading the transcripts but we heard from several people that attended the hearing that John Holland really nailed the vet. […]
Join us this evening, Wednesday November 6th, 2013 at 9:00pm CST! Tonight is the kickoff of WILD HORSE & BURRO RADIO show, with guest John Holland, President of Equine Welfare Alliance discussing the latest in the horse slaughter issue. 7:00 pm PST … 8:00 pm MST … 9:00 […]
This is an excellent article by journalist Vickery Eckhoff. Once again, Vickery does great research and gives the public the truth. SOURCE: forbes.com Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor 176,000 U.S. horses were sold to slaughter in 2012 through livestock auctions and feedlots like this one in Fallon, NV The opening […]
By Caitlyn Gribbin of ABC News Opponents of a cull of thousands of wild horses in Western Australia say they have evidence the animals are not being killed humanely Over the past week, more than 7,000 brumbies have been shot dead in the remote East Kimberley, using rifles […]
By Andrew Cohen as published in The Atlantic Secretary Jewell seems to be willfully ignoring a report by the National Academy of Sciences. Why? Nearly seven months into her tenure as Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell last Thursday at last made her first extended public comments about […]
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