As printed in the Elko Daily Free Press (unedited) Local Herd Reduced to Possible Genetically Non-Viable Levels ELKO — Wild horse gatherers are taking a break this holiday season. The Bureau of Land Management has suspended operations for the Owyhee Complex gather, which began the end of November. […]
From the pages of the Washington Post Recently Fined Butcher Points Bloody Finger ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico meat company that wants to resume domestic horse slaughter for food is suing the federal government, alleging inaction on its application was driven by emotional political debates and has […]
By Lornet Turnbull of the Seattle Times Moving to pre-empt the revival of slaughter houses that kill horses for food, the Snohomish County Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to ban the practice The Snohomish County Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption […]
Article by Jane Braxton Little of the Sacramento Bee BLM’s current mismanagement of Wild Horses & Burros to be Hot Topic Carla Bowers, a mustang advocate, will present a proposal for managing wild horses to the Modoc-Washoe Experimental Stewardship Steering Committee when it meets in public session Jan. […]
by Cecilia Rodriguez, Contributor as printed in Forbes “Becoming dinner for foreign diners seems to be the normal final destination for retired or damaged racehorses“ One of the surprises we got when we moved to Luxembourg was in the butcher section of the supermarkets, where a selection of horse […]
By Shao Wei ( chinadaily.com.cn) While U.S. Mismanages Wild Horses & Burros other Countries Protect and Preserve Their Treasures As the cold front pounds Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 700 tons of forage have been sent to the Kala Maili Natural Reserve, home to the rare and […]
Press Release from Front Range Equine Rescue BLM could, but does not yet, provide proper oversight to prevent wild horse slaughter (December 17, 2012). Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER) filed a legal petition with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today to stop the sale of wild horses […]
Rebloged from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition The CHDC provides evidence of phenylbutazone entering the human food chain in Proof of CFIA Failure On December 11, 2012, Jack Rodolico of Latitude News reported on the story of Silky Shark, a Standardbred racehorse who was slaughtered and slipped through […]
By DAN FROSCH of the New York Times Carol Walker: “Seeing these horses out in the wild and then seeing them in a holding pen, it will break your heart,” “FYI, we do not agree with the numbers or BLM propaganda that appears here but we hope that […]
As published in the Billings Gazette At least four of Leachman’s horses died in “horrible agony,” the judge said Yellowstone County Justice of the Peace Larry Herman sentenced Billings livestock breeder James Leachman on Wednesday to serve five years in the Yellowstone County Detention Facility, with all but […]
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