We’re asking for your votes! Our friends at Equine Advocates fight against some of the worst atrocities against horses – equine slaughter and the PMU Industry – and they are featured in the article below by reporter Chris Bragg in the award-winning Times Union newspaper entitled, “Equine Advocates […]
Dept. of Interior Ignored Federal Law, horses ended up in Mexican Slaughterhouse WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL, sent a letter on Nov 10th to the Secretary of the Interior demanding to know how 1,800 American horses ended up being butchered at a Mexican slaughterhouse in violation […]
“Once again Western Special Interest Politicians are grasping numbers out of their backside where their heads reside most of the time. Without science, fact or evidence they spout out numbers and figures that paint a false representation of what is really going on upon our western public lands. […]
Source: Fox13News.com The Sheriff’s Office said the investigation will continue… PALMETTO, FL (FOX 13) – Two men seen in surveillance photos released by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office are not connected to a horse slaughter case. The horse was found slaughtered on a Palmetto farm on Oct. 25. […]
By Josh Thomas of News Channel 8 Reward Grows to $50,000 with help from outside Horse Industry PALMETTO, FL (WFLA) – Horses are still being cared for at the Imperial Farms Equestrian center in Palmetto, a week after an expensive show horse was tortured and slaughtered on the […]
by Sonia Luokkala, as published in The Salon A little-known 2004 amendment to a Nixon-era law allows formerly protected wild mares to be auctioned for slaughter Chief, a Kiger mustang born in the remote wilderness of Utah, lives with 400 other rescued wild horses and burros in a […]
After public pressure, including an article in the UK’s dailymail.com (warning: graphic content and photos), a French slaughterhouse closes. Shocking footage shows a terrified horse shying away from a stall and being beaten with an electric baton French Slaughterhouse Closes Amid Animal Cruelty Allegations SOURCE: thehorse.com by Christa […]
Story By RICHARD DYMOND of the Bradenton Herald “We have never had a case like this that I can remember,” PALMETTO FL– The distraught owners of a 12-year-old prize show jumper from Europe named Phedras de Blondel are calling the horse’s killing and butchering in Manatee County “a […]
“Many moons ago, more than we care to remember, my good friend Jerry Finch retired from a career in law enforcement and intended to sit back and enjoy his golden years sipping Wrangler Iced Teas under a pecan tree down in Galveston Texas…but fate, love and faith would […]
By John Ingold of The Denver Post The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did little to follow up in making sure wild horses went to good homes The nation’s largest buyer of wild horses repeatedly lied to federal officials and sent roughly 1,700 mustangs to the slaughterhouse, according […]
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