Source: Equine Welfare Alliance “Numbers…would tell us how much of the meat from our horses was being sold as beef…” EWA (Chicago) – USDA data for the first quarter of 2013 indicates a precipitous drop in the number of horses going from the US to Mexico for slaughter. […]
Guest OpEd by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of Equine Welfare Alliance “Skye McNiel wants to use the food chain to dispose of horses…” Nothing is sweeter than having the darkside validate what we have been saying for years. I came across an article yesterday that was regarding the […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Required Government Inspections are NOT happening This is a result of a FOIA request on inspections at the Mexico border pens. We are all sickened by the lack of inspections, enforcement and what American horses endure in the slaughter […]
Source: Reported by Nancy Amons – email – of WSMV.com, Nashville “They don’t do any DNA testing to see if the products coming out of there are actually beef…” NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – With all the recent news about horse meat found oversees in everything from frozen products […]
Source: By STEPHANIE STROM of the New York Times “…it would be possible for horse meat from the shipments going through Houston to end up in the United States” As concerns over horse meat infiltrating products labeled ground beef grows among American consumers, an advocacy group released shipping […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance “The finding of horse meat in meals supplied to schools and hospitals is of particular concern…” Chicago (EWA) – According to USDA statistics, the slaughter of US horses soared by 32% in 2012 to over 176,000, a twenty year high. The horses were exported […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance, Wild Horse Freedom Federation and Houston’s KPRC News Horse Advocacy Groups Break Story of Illegal Houston Horse Meat Connection HOUSTON – More than one million pounds of fresh and frozen horse meat has moved through the Port of Houston since August 2012, according to […]
Equine Welfare Alliance and Wild Horse Freedom Federation Investigation Report The amount and volume of Horse Meat running through Houston is Staggering Release Date: February 24, 2013 Report Date(s): 2012 – 2013 Type: Bill of Lading Data Objective | Content: Horse Meat Shipments through Port of Houston [TX] […]
Guest OpEd by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of Equine Welfare Alliance “Our predictions are now a reality that can’t be ignored” Predictions come in many forms. Some from a gut feeling or wishing it were so. For equine advocates, they were based on evidence and scientific fact. We […]
by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of Equine Welfare Alliance They came from beyond… As you may be aware, the OK bills passed out of both the senate and house committees. We are seeing posts flying in panic with some saying it’s with the governor for signature. This is far […]
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