Horse cloners Gregg Veneklasen and Jason Abraham Source: thehorse.com by Pat Raia The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) in a long-running case involving the registration of cloned Quarter Horses. Some owners have used the cloning process—which was […]
We’ve been covering the subject of cloned horses, including “The Push for Cloned Horses As Natural Horses Go to Slaughter” and “Horse Cloners Fight in Court to Make More ‘Unwanted’ Horses.” Below is the latest update. (photo – Amarillo Globe News) Horse cloners Dr. Gregg Veneklasen and Jason Abraham SOURCE: ABC […]
Wild Horse Freedom Federation has been following the horse cloning issue and this court case. Just a reminder, as “unwanted” horses are sent to an inhumane slaughter, the slaughtered mares’ ovaries and unfertilized eggs are used to create CLONED horses. Rancher Jason Abraham of Canadian, Texas, and Amarillo veterinarian Gregg Veneklasen, […]
By John Holland ~ President of the Equine Welfare Alliance “Sue is a compulsive fact creator…” Hi, my name is John Holland, and I am a data-holic. I usually spend my day furtively downloading statistics and information; analyzing it, graphing it, correlating it and trying to glean insights […]
I’ve written about the horse cloning company ViaGen in past articles, including more about the history of cloned horses included in this article There is a survey below the NBC news article that asks “Should cloning be used to create animals for competition or food?” If ViaGen wins […]
By Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Owner Rita Crundwell ‘was kind of like Madonna’ in her field… Ask anybody in the quarter horse business. They’ll tell you. Rita Crundwell was one of the greatest owners anybody had heard of. The 59-year-old woman from Dixon, Ill., had hundreds of […]
By JOHN SCHRIFFEN of ABC News “What we have in this case is an object lesson in how not to manage public funds..” A former comptroller for a small town in Illinois pleaded guilty to embezzling $53 million from city accounts to feed a lavish lifestyle that included […]
ROCKFORD, Ill. — The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public’s money to fund a lavish lifestyle and create one of the nation’s foremost horse-breeding operations.
The small northwestern Illinois town of Dixon took another body blow Tuesday as federal authorities charged that its longtime comptroller stole nearly double what prosecutors originally alleged.
The Comptroller for the City of Dixon, Illinois was arrested today by FBI agents on a federal charge for allegedly defrauding the City of Dixon of more than $3.2 million in public funds since just last fall and more than $30 million since 2006.
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