By: Mary Ormsby Feature reporter, Dale Brazao News, as published on The Star European Commission monitors have “serious concerns” about Canada’s ability to track health and treatment of horses Exported Canadian horsemeat intended for human consumption cannot be trusted to be free of toxic drugs, according to a […]
Source: dutchnews.nl Willy Selten gives an interview to local broadcaster Omroep The Dutch trader accused of contaminating beef with horse meat should be jailed for five years, the public prosecution department said on the opening day of his trial in Den Bosch. Willy Selten is accused of mixing […]
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Source: Multiple “Horsemeat is not commonly eaten in the Philippines…” Cotabato – Five people are believed to have died from eating tainted horsemeat in the Philippines while as many as 60 may have consumed it, a local official said on Wednesday. Four horses died from unexplained causes and […]
as published in The Local – French news in English A French animal rights’ group claimed on Thursday that horsemeat imported to France from North and South America comes from animals treated with a dangerous drug that’s banned from human consumption. Horses from the United States, Canada and other […]
Source: By Eve Mitchell as published in foodandwaterwatch.org “…if you’re going to buy heavily processed foods you need to know this stuff –” It’s been a year since we were first told the beef we buy in the EU may actually be horsemeat, but we still don’t really […]
By DAN TUOHY as published in the New Hampshire Union Leader “Gregg has mustered support among New Hampshire’s congressional delegation…” “Our own Declan Gregg in the news, again, fighting the good fight.” ~ R.T. A horse slaughter plant in New Mexico plans to open soon, which is mobilizing […]
Information Supplied by Equine Welfare Alliance; jointly supported by Wild Horse Freedom Federation Join the event on Facebook and invite your friends and family! This is the 3rd Annual Event on Facebook. It’s a day to share your thoughts, photos and personal stories of how horses contribute to […]
A few weeks ago, she was the darling of The Jurga Report. Readers and Facebook friends were touched by Great Britain’s Princess Anne’s recent decision to source her new riding horse from the collection of adoptables housed at a rehoming center run by World Horse Welfare.
She was the royal face for Doing What’s Right in the horse world. This week, many think she’s turned her back on welfare ethics with a call to debate the place of horse slaughter in the bigger picture of neglected and unwanted horses.
by Christa Lesté-Lasserre as published in TheHorse.com Toxoplasmosis in adult humans—especially the elderly and immune-deficient—can cause fever, pneumonia, heart disorders, muscular difficulties, lymphadenopathy, and death. After all the publicized concern about the presence of phenylbutazone (Bute) in horsemeat, researchers now fear the meat could also carry the organism […]
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