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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
USDA Bucks Administration, Sec of Ag, Congress, Senate and John Q Public in Embracing Predatory Horse Slaughter Press release from Equine Welfare Alliance. DO NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT TO SAVE THESE HORSE AND BURROS! http://www.equinewelfarealliance.org/uploads/USDA_Inspections.pdf USDA to Grant Horse Meat Inspections EWA (Chicago) – The Equine Welfare […]
Press Release from the Equine Welfare Alliance “..it certainly contradicts the theory that slaughter decreases neglect by culling “unwanted horses.” EWA (Chicago) – The Equine Welfare Alliance today released a statistical study on the rates of equine abuse and neglect across the US since 2000. The research examined […]
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 Tests on its frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese, which was withdrawn last week as a […]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 Pete Kasperowicz, Erik Wasson and Russell Berman as published at The Hill Grass-roots effort gives Horses, and others, a quick break… In a blow to House GOP leaders, the House on Thursday rejected a five-year farm bill. Members voted down the $940 billion bill in a […]
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