Source: By Deanne Stillman as published in the Salon Our fascinating history with the horse faces a jarring test: Will Congress ban horse meat, yea or neigh? “Yup, I know, it’s ‘Feel Good Sunday’ but I am going to break the rules, a bit, and keep us on […]
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 […]
Congressman James P. Moran (D-VA) “I am pleased that the Obama Administration supports the reinstatement of the amendment I have offered to ban USDA inspections at horse slaughter plants…” Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today reaffirmed […]
BLM Wild Horse & Burro Advisory Board Meeting Overwhelmed with Disgruntled Equine Advocates The Press Conference in it’s Entirity (Oklahoma City) – Equine Welfare Advocacy organizations, the Cloud Foundation, Respect4Horses and Wild Horse Freedom Federation held a unified press conference during the lunch break of the BLM’s Wild […]
Source: By Carey Gillam of Reuters “horse meat cannot be sold in the United States for human consumption…” Animal rights groups are threatening to sue the U.S. government if officials move ahead with plans to allow meat-packing companies to resume the slaughter of horses for human consumption, a […]
Tracking the Story Got You Confused? Following the story of contaminated “beef” containing horsemeat in common products in the EU and UK has managed to make everyone a little dizzy so our good friends over to the Australian Institute of Food Safety put together a graphic that might […]
By STEPHANIE STROM of the New York Times Inept U.S. Government Decision Baffles Experts The United States Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months, which would allow equine meat suitable for human consumption to be produced […]
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 […]
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