By Jerry Finch ~ founder/president of Habitat for Horses “For it is not your joy I hear, nor the fireworks booming in the skies…” If my horse, Pete, were to give an Independence Day Speech before Congress, this is what he would say: I do not know why […]
Source: FoxReno.com “They are in an unnatural situation in pens…” With record highs shining into the Fourth of July weekend, everyone is finding a way to beat the heat, even wild horses. The Palomino Valley Wild Horse and Burro Center is the Bureau of Land Management’s Short Term […]
Source: Multiple “The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter,” The U.S. government approved a horse slaughter plant in Iowa on Tuesday, its second such move in four days, but it also renewed its appeal to Congress to ban the business and was hit […]
Source: Front Range Equine Rescue and HSUS “The USDA has failed to consider the basic fact that horses are not raised as a food animal” In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow horse slaughter facilities to resume operating on U.S. soil, animal protection organizations […]
Originally posted on Shedrow Confessions:
I guess we shouldn’t really be all that surprised that with the news of inspections being granted to horse slaughter facilities, that the United Horseturds are busy stomping their hooves in what passes for a victory dance. You don’t have to surf around…
Source: Vicki Tobin of the Equine Welfare Alliance No “Done Deals” with USDA Cluster Fart The questions and rumors are flying and everyone wants answers. We ask that you stay the course and keep in contact with your legislators. There is a lot going on, some we can […]
“America’s horses are not raised as food animals…” (June 28, 2013)— The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given the green light for the grisly practice of horse slaughter to resume on U.S. soil. The agency approved an application for horse slaughter inspections under federal law at a plant […]
Source: By Amanda J. Crawford & Alan Bjerga as published in Bloomberg “The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter,” A New Mexico company is slated to be the first in the U.S. to slaughter horses for human consumption since 2007 after federal authorities […]
Source: Multiple “..we can find a way forward that saves burros from suffering and saves tax dollars…” As the recipient of a five-year $760,000 grant from an anonymous donor, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has launched “The Platero Project,” designed to promote the protection of […]
USDA Bucks Administration, Sec of Ag, Congress, Senate and John Q Public in Embracing Predatory Horse Slaughter Press release from Equine Welfare Alliance. DO NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO SAVE THESE HORSE AND BURROS! http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/USDA_Inspections.pdf USDA to Grant Horse Meat Inspections EWA (Chicago) – The Equine Welfare […]
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