Source: Multiple “Ruling complicates recent win to save American horses from slaughter” ALBUQUERQUE — A federal magistrate on Thursday ordered equine advocacy groups that won a temporary ban on domestic horse slaughter to post a bond of nearly $500,000 as they continue their legal fight to save America’s […]
Source: Multiple ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A federal judge in Albuquerque has postponed until Thursday a bond hearing for the equine advocacy groups who won a temporary ban on domestic horse slaughter. Front Range Equine Rescue, the Humane Society of the United States and others on Friday won a […]
Source: Multiple “The burden is high, but plaintiffs have demonstrated to this court that potential harm to the environment outweigh defendant’s concerns…” ALBUQUERQUE – The Roswell horse slaughter facility is on hold. U.S. District Court Judge M. Christina Armijo granted a temporary restraining order against the Valley Meat Co., which received […]
Source: Straight from the Horse’s Heart No Horses Slaughtered on Monday Horse Slaughter plants in New Mexico and Iowa lost their bid to begin killing American horses, next week, when a Federal Judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order against their operation this day. Front Range Equine Rescue, HSUS […]
(ALBUQUERQUE)—Attorney General Gary King has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to stop a plant in Roswell from slaughtering horses for meat because federal authorities have not yet undertaken the required environmental review. The AG’s motion, filed late last Friday, joins Front Range Equine […]
Source: By Horsetalk.co.nz on Jul 11, 2013 in Focus “The slaughter of American horses for human consumption presents unique and extensive dangers that have never been adequately considered by [the] defendants, despite their obligations under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)…” The US Department of Agriculture is embarking […]
Source: Front Range Equine Rescue and HSUS “The USDA has failed to consider the basic fact that horses are not raised as a food animal” In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow horse slaughter facilities to resume operating on U.S. soil, animal protection organizations […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Source: Front Range Equine Rescue Animal Protection Groups Demonstrate Potentially Toxic Nature of Horse Meat and Ask for Legal Declaration of Adulteration (May 14, 2013) — Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States filed a legal petition with the Iowa Department of Inspection […]
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