By Dan Flynn as published on Food Safety News Only an annual budget proviso keeps USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service from providing equine slaughterhouse inspections. Without USDA inspection, horses cannot be slaughtered in the U.S. for human consumption. Whether or not the proviso gets included in each […]
By William E. Simpson as published on The Pagosa Daily Post “Only a tiny minority of Americans want to see American wild horses sent to slaughter to make room for more livestock grazing on public lands.” Obviously, we don’t see most Americans giving up their hamburgers and steaks, […]
BY Laura Singleton as posted on the White Mountain Independent “The foal is one of the horses found shot today … She was shot during the night or early morning and left to suffer,” HEBER/OVERGAARD — A Facebook post began circulating Thursday night, Jan. 7, alleging that a […]
By John Cherwa as published on The LA Times The Horseracing Safety and Integrity Act was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on Monday as part of the year-end federal funding bill and COVID-19 rescue package. It will become law when signed by President Trump in the […]
By Eric Mitchell and Claire Crosby as published on Blood Horse Major track owner concerned over horses being sent to slaughter The Stronach Group is endorsing a call from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to ban the sale of North American Thoroughbreds to South Korean racing […]
By Nicole Rivard as published on PagosaDailyPost.com “…upwards of 2 million cattle graze public lands, not to mention, sheep — compared to a measly 79,568 wild horses” I commend the Pagosa Daily Post for including a piece about the plight of America’s wild horses. However, Friends of Animals, […]
By Erik Molvar as published on The Wildlife News There’s an organized campaign underway to get wild horses off America’s western public lands, and the livestock industry is both its primary salesman and beneficiary. It’s all about the money and expanding the livestock industry’s stranglehold on western public […]
by John LaConte as published on the Vail Daily “…holding facilities, like the roundups themselves, are often harmful to the health and well-being of these animals…” A Nov. 25 letter from 22 members of Congress, including House Representative Joe Neguse, urges House leadership to consider a more “humane […]
By Scott Beckstead and Marty Irby as published on The Boulder Weekly “We Americans are inspired by our wild horses…” We marvel at the sight of them living wild and free on our public rangelands, of stallions fighting for their family bands, of newborn foals learning to stand […]
The Washington Post Magazine recently ran a misleading story on wild horses, focusing attention on anti-federalist ranchers in Nevada and the big money behind them. By failing to look beyond the superficial personality conflicts, and missing the real and important public lands issues, this article does its readers a disservice.
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