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 […]
Source: By MANNY FERNANDEZ of the New York Times “He’d do anything for anybody,” WEST, Tex. — The emergency responders who rushed to the fire at a fertilizer plant here in the minutes before a deadly explosion gave their lives trying to protect the town’s people and property. […]
Update from Equine Advocates April 27, 2013 Video #1: Opening remarks from Jeffrey Tucker, EA Board Member, followed by welcome remarks from Susan Wagner, and speeches from the Summit’s Keynote Speaker, NY Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (sponsor of legislation A.3905) and NYS Senator Kathy Marchione (sponsor of legislation S.4615). Video #2: Victoria […]
Source: The Jakarta Post “court declared the Willy Selten meat works bankrupt Tuesday” A meat processing plant and wholesaler suspected of mixing undeclared horse meat with beef has been declared bankrupt. A court in the eastern Dutch city of Den Bosch court declared the Willy Selten meat works […]
Source: Children 4 Horses ~ Declan Gregg “I decided to start a new project and I need your help!” “I have been thinking about how people think that if guys like animals that it makes them “uncool” or “whimpy”. The message out there seems to be that is […]
Source: Barry Neild of the UK’s The Guardian Supermarket withdraws 340g tins of Smart Price Corned Beef after discovery of phenylbutazone Supermarket chain Asda said on Tuesday that it was recalling its range of budget corned beef after low levels of the veterinary pain killer phenylbutazone – known […]
Source: Front Range Equine Rescue Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States Petition State Board to Declare Horsemeat Unfit for Human Consumption (April 2, 2013)-The Humane Society of the United States and Front Range Equine Rescue filed a legal petition with the New […]
Source: Evan Johnson of WBIR.com Tennessee Swine Farming Legislator wants to stifle free speech! Seeing pictures and video of animal abuse stirs some strong reactions, and now there’s an effort to ensure those images get in the hands of investigators a lot faster. State Representative Andy Holt (R […]
Source: Milan Simonich of Las Cruces Sun-News The new law also allows for gifts, grants and appropriations that would help shelters care for horses. SANTA FE — Shelters across New Mexico that care for abandoned horses could receive financial help through a bill that Gov. Susana Martinez signed […]
“Horse slaughter goes against our very culture…” CHATHAM, N.Y., March 27, 2013 –The 2013 Annual American Equine Summit will take place Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28 at Equine Advocates Rescue & Sanctuary in Chatham, NY. This Summit will unite the equine community’s foremost experts to speak […]
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