By: Cheryl Hanna as published on the Examiner “Almost all of our horse meat is incorrectly certified!” The temporary shutdown of Canadian horse slaughter early Friday morning still has not produced any definitive reasons as to why American horses were turned away and their brokers, killbuyers, and drivers […]
OpEd by R.T. Fitch ~ volunteer president of Wild Horse Freedom Federation No Butchering or Blood for a Weekend, but its back! Jerry Finch and I conversed on the fact that over the weekend reality seem to pale and fall out of focus every time we allowed our […]
By: Cheryl Hanna ~ Pet Rescue Examiner “We all knew this was coming and have warned of it for years…” Horse dealers and “killbuyers” arriving with their trucks filled with American horses slated to be slaughtered in Canada for their meat were told early Friday morning to take […]
By Glenye Cain Oakford of the Daily Racing Form “Known Kill Buyers Wring Hands and Pass Slaughter Propoganda” The United States market for slaughter horses was thrown into confusion Friday after slaughterhouses in Canada appeared to have closed their doors abruptly to U.S. horses, according to slaughter buyers, […]
Information supplied by the Equine Welfare Alliance “…be very careful of organizations asking for donations…” Jerry Finch (Habitat for Horses) reached HSUS and ASPCA last night and they are on stand-by. Our main concern right now is the horses stuck in the pipeline. We are asking our rescues […]
Press Release from Equine Welfare Alliance and the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition Market for Butchered American Horses is Slaughtered Chicago (EWA) – US horses are no longer being accepted by Canadian horse slaughter plants, according to multiple sources. The Shipshewana auction in Indiana confirmed reports that they have […]
Chicago (EWA) – Following a ban funding for USDA inspections, and state legislation in Texas and Illinois, the last three horse slaughter plants in the US were closed in 2007. The result was that the horses were shipped to Canada and Mexico for slaughter. Last year the prohibition on funding was lifted, but now the very market for the meat from US horses is in question.
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Despite claims by pro-horse slaughter activists who would seemingly put a slaughterhouse on every rural main street, the market for American horse meat just dwindled to almost nothing. The European Union released its 2013 regulations for meat imported into the 27 countries.
Many horse slaughter supporters cite the GAO Horse Welfare Report in their quest for reopening horse slaughter plants in the United States. … The GAO failed to address the issue of food safety concerns raised by the consumption of American horses.
Toxic horse meat imported into the EU and Sweden from South America and above all Mexico may contain substances which are directly dangerous to humans.
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