“Wait until you see who is on this list! (Hint, the list includes a big mining company.) Another great article by Vickery Eckhoff.” – Debbie SOURCE: The Daily Pitchfork They’re mega-rich, powerful and on public assistance. [Part IV of an ongoing series on ranchers in the media] by […]
The word is out across the Blogosphere; Forbes’ equine “in your face” reporter Vickery Eckhoff was canned just days after writing an insightful article critical of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and their good ole boy “ Welfare Ranchers “and only hours before speaking to international equine professionals at this year’s Equine Advocates Annual Summit. What the heck gives?
By Vickery Eckhoff as published on her blog “you’re a horse advocate, you’re a horse advocate” I have a new post on Forbes.com: Grand Opening of Horse Slaughter Plants Foiled Again. You can read it here. The topic may seem obscure, but it’s probably my most important writing […]
This is an excellent article by journalist Vickery Eckhoff. Once again, Vickery does great research and gives the public the truth. SOURCE: forbes.com Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor 176,000 U.S. horses were sold to slaughter in 2012 through livestock auctions and feedlots like this one in Fallon, NV The opening […]
Source: by Vickery Eckhoff as published in Forbes “…there is actually a waiting list of good homes for retired carriage horses…” Mayor Michael Bloomberg misled the public in claiming that 210 hard-working carriage horses would go to slaughter if New York City’s carriage trade is shut down after […]
Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor Uncovering the underground horse meat trade since 2011. Eighty percent of Americans overwhelmingly oppose slaughtering horses according to polls conducted by Lake Research Partners for the ASPCA Whether or not to slaughter horses for human consumption has been a frequent topic of debate ever since […]
Vickery Eckhoff Forbes.com writer of multi-part series on horse slaughter and the horse industry. Now Appearing in the Huffington Post The news that Burger King has been selling horsemeat-contaminated Whoppers in the UK comes just days before Oklahoma debates a bill that would make horse slaughter legal in […]
Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor ~ Forbes.com “Rural U.S. lawmakers with ties to the cattle industry and economically-strapped horse breeding registries have been pushing to reopen horse slaughter plants in the states…” While everyone is making jokes about the Polish horse meat that contaminated Tesco’s ground beef patties in the […]
Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor as it appears in Forbes “Besides being illegal, U.S. horse meat presents a significant public health hazard…” Bad news may be good publicity, but not when you’re opening a restaurant, as Hugue Dufour, chef and co-owner of M. Wells Dinette learned when he announced he’d be […]
“Horse meat is often described as tender, lean, slightly sweet to the taste, and somewhere between grass-fed beef and really good elk or venison in taste. It is prized by mothers as baby food in places like Italy and Japan, and especially sought after by athletes as a lean, high-protein, red meat perfect for building body condition.”
So proclaims Sue Wallis, chairman of the International Equine Business Association and CEO of Unified Equine, whose plans to open a slaughter plant in Rockville, MO, feature heavy promotion of horse meat as “safe, nutritious and delicious” (including a Facebook horse meat recipe page)—all while sidestepping one of horse meat’s less appetizing virtues as a foodie experience: Cancer.
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