Source: Mary Ormsby and Dale Brazao Staff Reporters of THESTAR.com “I’m just buying the horse for the (meat) plant and that’s it” The horse “passport” Canada relies on to keep toxic meat off dinner tables around the world is open to fraud and error, a Star investigation reveals. […]
Source: By Mary Rampellini of the Daily Racing Form “We’ve counted, unfortunately, 150 horses or more that have been found [dead], were killed, or had to be put down,” In a sobering count, more than 150 horses died as a result of the violent tornado that swept through […]
Source: Multiple “EVERYTHING about Horse Slaughter is either corrupt or illegal!” THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef. Investigators from the […]
Source: By Mary Rampellini of The Daily Racing Form “People are giving horses water from plastic water bottles,” A representative of the Celestial Acres Training Center in Moore, Okla., said 34 horses had been found alive as of Wednesday following Monday’s tornado, which packed winds of nearly 200 […]
Source: By ANDREW CHAMPAGNE of the Saratogian “Reason, logic, and fact dictate that we should ban horse slaughter in New York state.” ALBANY — Fewer stories in horse racing have had higher highs and lower lows than that of Ferdinand. The 1986 Kentucky Derby winner banked more than […]
“Those horses are my livelihood and I consider them part of my family,” GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. – From 800 miles away, the images of Mother Nature’s wrath in Oklahoma are breathtaking. From a few blocks, they’re something else entirely. “It’s tough. It’s tough to grasp,” said Minnesota native […]
Source: Amanda Goodman of KRQE.com “When you have a horse slaughter facility come to your area horse theft goes right up,” PLACITAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Horse advocates fear New Mexico‘s wild horses could end up in New Mexico’s new horse slaughterhouse. The Valley Meat Company near Roswell passed […]
Source: Horsetalk.co.nz ~ Live Link The station reported that 75 to 100 horses had died in the area and completely destroyed the farm Up to 100 horses are feared dead after a massive tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City area. Authorities say two people are known to have […]
Source: KFOR.com Animals and Humans lost to Deadly Tornado MOORE, Okla. – A man rode out the over two-mile wide Moore tornado in a horse stall Monday afternoon. The man said his knowledge gained from living in Oklahoma was what saved his life. He was outside when suddenly […]
Source: SharkOnline.org This is clearly an abuse of the law…” Jordan Valley, OR – On Saturday May 18th, 2013, SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) volunteer Adam Fahnestock was peacefully sitting monitoring the Big Loop Rodeo when rodeo personnel and a Malheur County Sheriff’s Deputy approached him. After […]
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