Category: Horse Slaughter

Horse Sense, Not Slaughter

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by Wayne Pacelle ~ President and CEO, The Humane Society of the United States “The American public has made clear they oppose horse slaughter and today’s vote reflects the will of the people.” Late Friday morning, the House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment, offered by Rep. Jim Moran, […]

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The Canadian Battle for Wild Horses (Part 2)

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SOURCE:  Habitat for Horses This is the second part of a three part series on Canada’s wild horse advocates’ battle with their equivalent to our BLM – the ESRD – Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Ministry.  As is mentioned in the first paragraph below, a great deal of […]

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9th Circuit Condones BLM’s Destruction of Wild Horse and Burro Herds

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“The BLM has definitely done a great smear campaign on our wild horses.” stated Rachel Fazio, advocate attorney, “To be honest reading this opinion it is as if we never wrote any briefs or researched any law – and never mind the actual facts- it is as if we weren’t even involved in the litigation at all. Half of our claims they didn’t even deal with, they didn’t address the prohibition on “capture, harassment, branding and death” – they just focused on the removal language; they got out from under the Principally language by at the 11th hour claiming that the Twin Peaks HMA wasn’t a range, even though the Act does not permit the creation of an HMA, only the creation of a range, and that Dahl v. Clark actually found that designation of an HMA was done pursuant to the range provision of the Act (ie HMA= range) – and of course the wink and a nod on the long-term holding; its on private lands.”

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Horse Slaughter Bill Vote In Ottawa Next Week

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Story By Ray Baynton as published in at BlackBurnNews.com Senator Joseph Abruzzo and Victoria McCullough were the driving forces behind the U-S Congress’ recent decision to keep America’s slaughter house doors closed to horses   Alex Atamanenko’s horse slaughter bill comes to a vote next week in the […]

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