Source: By KRISTEN BUTLER of UPI Odd News Riderless horse Downtown Hottie (unofficially) wins her race at Belmont after throwing her jockey Racehorse Downtown Hottie showed a hot temper when she threw her rider down at the start of a race she went on to unofficially win at Belmont […]
“America’s horses are not raised as food animals…” (June 28, 2013)— The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given the green light for the grisly practice of horse slaughter to resume on U.S. soil. The agency approved an application for horse slaughter inspections under federal law at a plant […]
SOURCE: News.sciencemag.org by Gisela Telis Wild horses. A genome sequence derived from a 700,000-year-old horse fossil (inset) sheds new light on equine evolution and confirms that Przewalski’s horse (pictured) is indeed genetically distinct from domesticated breeds. Credit: Claudia Feh/Association pour le cheval de Przewalski, France; (inset) Ludovic Orlando […]
by R.T. Fitch ~ president of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Last year Terry and R.T. Fitch rode on a horseback across Outer Mongolia, this year Tibet is the target As we write we are sitting on the boarder of Gonzuo and Sichuan provinces in China at the gateway […]
Source: By Josh Long as published at Food Product Design “During the first part of their lives, nobody has any thought these horses are going to be steak,” SANTA FE, N.M.—A letter from Zachary Shandler, a New Mexico Assistant Attorney General, highlights another challenge Valley Meat Co. faces […]
Source: KOAT.com NM Attorney General: Meat’s pedigree would have to be proven before slaughter ROSWELL, N.M. —The attorney general’s office said there is another hurdle that could stand in the way of horse slaughter plans in Roswell. Horse meat, fitting the legal definition of an adulterated food product, […]
Source: CBSAtlanta.com “I just wailed and wailed over them. They were like my kids…” BARTOW COUNTY, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -Things just aren’t right at Jon Ellis’ stables. “Now there is no one in here to take care of,” Ellis said. Ellis and his wife Jennifer Short raised and […]
Here is your opportunity to make a difference Because there is an application in to start horse slaughter in Sigourney, Iowa, Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States submitted a rulemaking petition to the Iowa agency responsible for setting rules with respect to […]
By Keith Dane / Director of Equine Protection, Humane Society of the United States New Mexicans lead the chorus of Americans opposed to horse slaughter New Mexico has long been a place where horses run free in the high desert, work on ranches, demonstrate their athleticism in the […]
Let’s Catch Our Breath With all that is not right with the world swirling about us let’s take a day off and simply embrace each other prior to heading off into another week of the war to save the horses. Today we offer up a couple of videos […]
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