An update from Equine Welfare Alliance: None of the animal welfare amendments were allowed. We urge you to contact your representatives and ask them to vote NO on the farm bill. As long as the bill contains the language from the King Amendment, they should not support the […]
For all of you who are wondering what you can do to help the wild horses & burros, Rep. Grisham (D-NM) is introducing a bill to ban horse slaughter (see #2 below) so make some calls! Also, Sen. Landrieu and Sen. Graham are introducing a bill similar to […]
DA Won’t Prosecute Wild Horse Investor Valley Courier http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=74 Posted: Tuesday, Jun 18th, 2013 BY: RUDY HERNDON Courier Staff writer ALAMOSA — Prosecutors won’t file charges against a La Jara man who allegedly admitted he violated the law when he shipped hundreds of wild horses beyond Colorado’s borders. […]
Equine Welfare Alliance has issued an update on the Moran Amendment: Now that the Moran-Young amendment has cleared the committee, it is no longer an amendment but part of the bill. Be sure to thank Bill Young (R-FL) along with Jim for introducing the amendment. Of note, is the […]
Auburn Journal Blind horse travels 1,500 miles to Greenwood sanctuary Animal rescuers bring abused animals to local ranch for second chance By: Andrew Westrope, Staff Writer Kim Palaferri/Auburn Journal GREENWOOD – More than a year after being found at death’s door in Loreto, Mexico, a blind […]
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 […]
Source: ASPCA.org Approved amendment would protect horses from cruel practice in the U.S. NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) commends the members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee for approving an amendment to its fiscal year 2014 Agriculture Appropriations bill that […]
Source: KOAT.com NM Attorney General: Meat’s pedigree would have to be proven before slaughter ROSWELL, N.M. —The attorney general’s office said there is another hurdle that could stand in the way of horse slaughter plans in Roswell. Horse meat, fitting the legal definition of an adulterated food product, […]
Vickery Eckhoff, Contributor Uncovering the underground horse meat trade since 2011. Eighty percent of Americans overwhelmingly oppose slaughtering horses according to polls conducted by Lake Research Partners for the ASPCA Whether or not to slaughter horses for human consumption has been a frequent topic of debate ever since […]
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 […]
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