Canadian Rules Could Impact Horse Slaughter Exports
New Canadian horse processing regulations could slow the flow of U.S. horses to slaughter plants there, say equine welfare advocates.
Horse Whispers
I’ve been gone for several weeks, on the road, doing human things and attempting to meet the demands of others’ needs. In traveling about we are surrounded and assailed by all that is human; the machines, the noise, the people and the unnatural mechanical noise that gnaws at the brain just underneath your consciousness.
Selling the “Unwanted Horse”
One cannot imagine used cars being marketed as “unwanted cars” or existing homes being offered as “unwanted homes”. But amazingly the Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) has managed to define horses offered for sale and unlucky enough to be purchased for slaughter as “unwanted horses”.
Captured by BLM: Wild Horses Continue to Die
Even though the Calico Mountain Complex roundups were concluded by the BLM on Friday, February 5th, wild horses who are now being held in the Indian Lakes Road facility near Fallon, Nevada, are continuing to perish at an alarming rate.
Horse Meat may be off the Menu in Italy
By Nick Pisa in Rome Horse meat, one of Italy‘s most popular culinary delicacies, is under threat from a cross party proposal to ban its sale Italy is the largest consumer of horsemeat in Europe with more than 48,000 metric tonnes eaten every year and it is a […]
American Quarter Horse Association blames non-existent “ban” for the consequences of its own policy
Press Release from the Equine Welfare Alliance CHICAGO, (EWA) – On February 4th the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) posted a release issued by the Animal Welfare Council (AWC) claiming that “experts” warned of current issues facing the horse industry if slaughter was ended. Reminiscent of past years, […]
An Open Letter to the President to Stop the Extermination of our Wild Horses
Today, in January, 2010, you are presiding over one of the deadliest, most cruel and unnecessary government roundups of wild horses ever documented by BLM.
Horse Meat Super Bowl Pizza Sickens Fans
HOUSTON – (SFTHH) How often do we take the time to peer under the stones and rocks that our horses kick up as we ride down the trail of the Internet Forest? Not too often as we are usually on a mission with a destination in mind. But the other day, I made the mistake of dismounting, kneeling and looked down at a squirming, slimy life form that I should have ridden past. That little bug-eyed monster was one Ira Scott, the pride of Indiana and the alleged “inventor” of Road Kill Pizza.
Alleged Pro-Horse Organizations admit to funding by known Horse Slaughter Buyers
HOUSTON – (SFTHH) -In a recent promotional email, Wyoming Rep. Sue Wallis, Executive Director of the United Organizations of the Horse and Dave Duquette of the United Horseman’s Front display photos of their participation with and boast about receiving donations from known horse slaughter buyers (aka killer buyers).
Disappointment Valley, A Modern Day Western
What: James Kleinert, international award-winning filmmaker, showcases his newest film, Disappointment Valley…A Modern Day Western at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This feature-length documentary examines the politics behind the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) controversial policies on public lands and questions the fate of America’s wild […]
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