By Lornet Turnbull of the Seattle Times Moving to pre-empt the revival of slaughter houses that kill horses for food, the Snohomish County Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban the practice The Snohomish County Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption […]
by Cecilia Rodriguez, Contributor as printed in Forbes “Becoming dinner for foreign diners seems to be the normal final destination for retired or damaged racehorses“ One of the surprises we got when we moved to Luxembourg was in the butcher section of the supermarkets, where a selection of horse […]
Press Release from Front Range Equine Rescue BLM could, but does not yet, provide proper oversight to prevent wild horse slaughter (December 17, 2012). Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER) filed a legal petition with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today to stop the sale of wild horses […]
Rebloged from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition The CHDC provides evidence of phenylbutazone entering the human food chain in Proof of CFIA Failure On December 11, 2012, Jack Rodolico of Latitude News reported on the story of Silky Shark, a Standardbred racehorse who was slaughtered and slipped through […]
Deanne Stillman author of Mustang, Twentynine Palms as posted in the Huffington Post 12/23/2008 “Once again it is “Feel Good Sunday” and events in the world make it difficult for us to truly feel good while others are suffering. But with that in mind, we are going to […]
Written by Tammie Fields of Tampa Bay’s News 10 “Kudo” of ARM Bags Another Backyard Butcher CITRUS PARK, Florida – Jorge Ortega was arrested for selling horse meat back in November. On Tuesday, a civil lawsuit was filed against two Hillsborough County farms. Investigators say 26-year-old Ortega worked at one of the farms, where […]
SFTHH and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Support this Initiative! Wild Horse & Burro Deaths are Disguised by the BLM SAN FRANCISCO (December 13, 2012)–In honor of the National Day of the Horse, Protect Mustangs calls for an end to cruel roundups of native wild horses. The California based conservation group […]
Reporter: Terri Russell of KOLO News 8 “My 8 year old daughter has lovingly named one Rosie, and now Rosie is gone,” RENO, NV – About 60 wild horse advocates showed up to the scheduled meeting of Nevada‘s agriculture board Wednesday morning. They had their signs and their buttons and […]
Plea to Nevada Governor from 11 year old “Wild Mustang Robin“ Tourists call for boycott LAS VEGAS — (December 12, 2012) Calls to boycott Nevada are emerging on social media following widespread coverage of an ugly incident in Northern Nevada involving wild horses being trapped by state officials. […]
by Jack Rodolico of Marketplace.org Canada isn’t protecting consumers from tainted meat… In 2011, about 140,000 American horses were eaten abroad. But they weren’t slaughtered in the U.S. When America closed its last horse slaughter plants five years ago, American horse buyers turned their trucks north and south to slaughterhouses […]
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