It’s Feel Good Sunday, and we’re sending a big thank you to the heartwarming work done by Susan Wagner and Equine Advocates. SOURCE: http://www.berkshireeagle.com By Kate Abbott, Berkshires Week Editor Posted: 07/11/2013 12:10:19 AM EDT Susan Wagner with Nelson, a wild American mustang who had been chased down […]
Source: By David Lombardo as published in the Daily Gazette Horseman Jack Knowlton and Assemblyman James Tedisco, R-Glennville, will be the guests of honor at the 12th annual Equine Advocates Awards Dinner & Charity Auction at the Saratoga Springs City Center on Aug. 1. “It has been ten […]
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 […]
I’ve written about the horse cloning company ViaGen in past articles, including more about the history of cloned horses included in this article There is a survey below the NBC news article that asks “Should cloning be used to create animals for competition or food?” If ViaGen wins […]
Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) approval of an application for federal inspections at a horse slaughter facility in New Mexico. “I am deeply disappointed in today’s (July 2nd) […]
By Steve Long ~ author/publisher of Horseback Magazine “Studies performed in laboratory animals have shown that phenylbutazone has carcinogenic properties. “ HOUSTON, (Horseback) – When equine slaughterhouses open their doors in New Mexico, Iowa, and Missouri this month, their proprietors are likely to face a determined effort by […]
Source: By Allie Conti as published at the Miami New Times The Miami Beach-based Animal Recovery Mission spearheaded the undercover investigations When Jesus Navarro was arrested for selling $1,350 horsemeat to undercover cops, it didn’t seem to make much of an impact. Other men might have taken pause […]
Source: RetroReport.org “Of course there is a lot of stumbling and miss-information from D. Phillipps, whose milking of the advocacy and premature release of Tom Davis’ information has allowed the kill buyer of 1,700 wild horses to go free, but other than his poor performance it is an […]
By Jerry Finch ~ founder/president of Habitat for Horses “For it is not your joy I hear, nor the fireworks booming in the skies…” If my horse, Pete, were to give an Independence Day Speech before Congress, this is what he would say: I do not know why […]
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 […]
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