Source: Multiple “The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter,” The U.S. government approved a horse slaughter plant in Iowa on Tuesday, its second such move in four days, but it also renewed its appeal to Congress to ban the business and was hit […]
Originally posted on Shedrow Confessions:
I guess we shouldn’t really be all that surprised that with the news of inspections being granted to horse slaughter facilities, that the United Horseturds are busy stomping their hooves in what passes for a victory dance. You don’t have to surf around…
Source: Vicki Tobin of the Equine Welfare Alliance No “Done Deals” with USDA Cluster Fart The questions and rumors are flying and everyone wants answers. We ask that you stay the course and keep in contact with your legislators. There is a lot going on, some we can […]
Source: By Amanda J. Crawford & Alan Bjerga as published in Bloomberg “The administration has requested Congress to reinstate the ban on horse slaughter,” A New Mexico company is slated to be the first in the U.S. to slaughter horses for human consumption since 2007 after federal authorities […]
Source: the UK’s Yorkshire Post SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has become the latest retailer to drop a major supplier after discovering a range of spaghetti bolognese ready meals contained more than 60% horse meat. Tests on its frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese, which was withdrawn last week as a […]
Comment by Debbie Coffey on this article on JournalStar.com JournalStar.com In an article on JournalStar.com written by Art Hovey (link above, and copy of the entire article at the bottom of this comment), a new BLM Long Term Holding Pasture contractor (Stan Dobrovolny) in Atkinson, Nebraska, made a […]
Source: By Josh Long as published at Food Product Design “During the first part of their lives, nobody has any thought these horses are going to be steak,” SANTA FE, N.M.—A letter from Zachary Shandler, a New Mexico Assistant Attorney General, highlights another challenge Valley Meat Co. faces […]
Sources: Multiple Slaughter Plant Owner Continues to Point Accusatory Finger at Everyone other than Himself ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A southeastern New Mexico company’s plans to convert a cattle plant into a horse slaughterhouse has hit another roadblock, this time over an environmental dispute that the company’s attorney blames […]
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: Mary Ormsby and Dale Brazao Staff Reporters of THESTAR.com “I’m just buying the horse for the (meat) plant and that’s it” The horse “passport” Canada relies on to keep toxic meat off dinner tables around the world is open to fraud and error, a Star investigation reveals. […]
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