Auburn Journal Blind horse travels 1,500 miles to Greenwood sanctuary Animal rescuers bring abused animals to local ranch for second chance By: Andrew Westrope, Staff Writer Kim Palaferri/Auburn Journal GREENWOOD – More than a year after being found at death’s door in Loreto, Mexico, a blind […]
Source: By Josh Long as published at Food Product Design “During the first part of their lives, nobody has any thought these horses are going to be steak,” SANTA FE, N.M.—A letter from Zachary Shandler, a New Mexico Assistant Attorney General, highlights another challenge Valley Meat Co. faces […]
Source: ASPCA.org Approved amendment would protect horses from cruel practice in the U.S. NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) commends the members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for approving an amendment to its fiscal year 2014 Agriculture Appropriations bill that […]
Source: KOAT.com NM Attorney General: Meat’s pedigree would have to be proven before slaughter ROSWELL, N.M. —The attorney general’s office said there is another hurdle that could stand in the way of horse slaughter plans in Roswell. Horse meat, fitting the legal definition of an adulterated food product, […]
Source: Andrew Cohen as published in The Atlantic “Current practice of removing free-ranging horses from public lands promotes a high population growth rate,” the report concluded In his February speech nominating her for the position of Secretary of the Interior, President Obama noted that Sally Jewell’s aptitude test […]
Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor Uncovering the underground horse meat trade since 2011. Eighty percent of Americans overwhelmingly oppose slaughtering horses according to polls conducted by Lake Research Partners for the ASPCA Whether or not to slaughter horses for human consumption has been a frequent topic of debate ever since […]
OpEd by R.T. Fitch ~ president/co-founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation If there is a way and means to be unprofessional; the BLM will be spot on The 14-member panel assembled by the National Science Academy’s National Research Council, at the request of the Bureau of Land Management, […]
Sources: Multiple Slaughter Plant Owner Continues to Point Accusatory Finger at Everyone other than Himself ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A southeastern New Mexico company’s plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company’s attorney blames […]
OpEd by R.T. Fitch ~ president of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “We have been saying that for years…” The long anticipated National Academy of Science‘s National Research Council’s multimillion dollar, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) commissioned, pre-publication report was released, yesterday, and instead of being the death sentence […]
Source: by Scott Sonner as published in the Houston Chronicle “Especially contentious is disagreement over the role of and need for the roundups…” RENO, Nev. — An independent panel of scientists that spent two years reviewing the U.S. government’s controversial management of wild horses planned to release a […]
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