By Ernest Dempsey as published in the Digital Journal ~ forward by R.T. Fitch “I am no spring chicken and have experienced, witnessed and been forced to embrace death on far too many occasions than I care to count. But the torture and cruelty that Horse Slaughter visits […]
Source: By Alan Bjerga as published in Bloomberg “We’re getting ready to go,” The lawyer for a New Mexico meat plant that wants to be the first to slaughter horses in the U.S. since 2007 says the facility may be operational in three weeks. “We’re getting ready to […]
Click (HERE) to visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center NEW: S. 541/H.R. 1094—The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act Sponsors: Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Representatives Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). ASPCA Position: Support Action Needed: Call and email your U.S. senators and representative […]
Source: The WestMeath Independent While US Politicos Consider Joining Horse Meat Scandal UK Shuts Down Slaughter Plant Click (HERE) to visit Westmeath and to Comment Related Articles Save the Horses! Three Lawmakers Will Try to Ban Slaughter for Food (rtfitchauthor.com) Animals’ Angels USA Exposes the Truth of […]
Source: John M. Glionna of the Los Angeles Times “Until a ban is in place, every horse is just one bad sale away from being sent to slaughter.” Proposed federal legislation would ban the export of American horses for slaughter, reinstitute a ban on slaughtering them in the […]
Forward by R.T. Fitch ~ president of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Oklahoma Legislators and the USDA are “out to lunch” “There is actually TOO MUCH to single out a single article on the scandalous Horse Meat/Slaughter Issue hitting the wire these days. While the good ole boys in […]
“We will investigate each and every new facility…where these misguided attempts to kill American horses have been made.” LARKSPUR, COLORADO – Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER) has received copies of four previously undiscovered applications for new horse slaughter plants – in Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa – bringing […]
Source: By Chris Good of ABC News “Horses sent to slaughter are often subject to appalling, brutal treatment,” A trio of U.S. lawmakers is saying “no” to horse meat. The U.S. is set to begin slaughtering horses again for the first time in six years, and recent news […]
Source: Los Angeles Times ~ Editorial Congress should reinstate the ban on funding horse meat inspections There is no market these days for horse meat in this country. The last horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. stopped production in 2007, the result of laws in Illinois and Texas banning […]
Source: Denver’s Channel 4 “It was horrible, it was terrifying…” INDIAN HILLS, Colo. (CBS4) – A horse wandered onto an icy pond overnight, fell through the ice and was stuck for hours. The incident happened early Sunday morning on Parmalee Gulch Road in Indian Hills. Crews worked quickly […]
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