Source: KOCO.com ~ Oklahoma City “Yet another politician succumbs to misinformation and well funded lobbyists” OKLAHOMA CITY —A controversial horse slaughter bill was signed by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin. House Bill 1999, a bill ending the prohibition on horse meat processing for export in Oklahoma, was signed Friday. […]
Source: By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent for The Telegraph PARENTS of children at an Edinburgh primary school have reacted angrily after a batch of frozen mince was found to contain between one and five per cent horse meat. Six schools received the same batch of mince, and it […]
Source: Daisy Wyatt of the UK’s Independent “Shockingly, an Indian lamb curry was found to contain no trace of lamb – and the meat it contained was neither chicken, beef, pork, horse or goat.” If you thought the British high street had cleaned up its act when it […]
Source: Animals’ Angels One of Mexico’s largest TV stations, Milenio Television, aired a strong anti horse slaughter piece. This is the first time that this issue is getting nationwide attention in Mexico, and the TV station just told us that the feedback has been incredible…The reporter specifically targeted […]
Source: A Humane Nation ~ Wayne Pacelle “The notion that the U.S. would resume horse slaughtering at a time when the global horse meat market is in turmoil raises all sorts of curious questions.” The issue of horse slaughter is playing out at the highest levels of government […]
“Horse slaughter goes against our very culture…” CHATHAM, N.Y., March 27, 2013 –The 2013 Annual American Equine Summit will take place Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28 at Equine Advocates Rescue & Sanctuary in Chatham, NY. This Summit will unite the equine community’s foremost experts to speak […]
Source: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY The discovery in Europe of horse meat disguised as beef has intensified the debate over the slaughter of horses for food. Oklahoma just voted to allow it, but there are no federal inspectors. The fight over using horses for food grew louder Tuesday […]
Source: Michael McNutt of NewsOK.com Oklahoma Senate approves a horse slaughter measure 32-14 The state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow horse slaughter in Oklahoma, but would continue the existing ban on the sale of horse meat for consumption in the state. Video Horse slaughter […]
Source: Tulsa World Editorial The horse-slaughter train is roaring down the track and it appears there will be no stopping it. House Bill 1999 would allow the slaughtering of horses in Oklahoma and shipment of the meat to other countries. Horse meat is not consumed as food in […]
Source: Jo Singer of Petside.com “by virtue of commission decision 2011/163/EU the US is not authorized to export horsemeat to the EU.” Just a week ago Petside featured an article about the high probability of horse slaughter facilities soon opening in the United States to produce meat for […]
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