by Susan Wagner, President & Founder, Equine Advocates All of the progress that has been made since the last horse slaughterhouse operating in the U.S. closed in 2007 is in danger of being reversed. This is why we are now urgently calling on President Barack Obama and Vice […]
By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau as published in Tulsa World Last year, lawmakers passed and Gov. Mary Fallin signed a measure to lift the state ban on horse slaughtering. “I don’t get it but has Oklahoma left the Union or do it’s State Legislators truly have their […]
Source: KFOR.com “…the overwhelming majority did not want a horse slaughter plant in their community…” OKLAHOMA CITY – A local senator has filed legislation that would allow Oklahomans to decide whether they want horse slaughter plants in their communities. Senate Joint Resolution 66 would require facilities to be […]
Source: By JANET PEARSON Associate Editor of Tulsa World Pending federal legislation would ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption and prohibit transporting them across the U.S. border to Mexican and Canadian slaughterhouses. Oklahoma lawmakers and Gov. Mary Fallin might have thought that quick passage of […]
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: L.L. Woodard | Yahoo! Contributor Network Fields, Senate author of HB 1999, explained that should the governor sign the measure into law, any horse slaughter facilities within Oklahoma would likely not be in operation for another two to three years Oklahoma House Bill 1999 , a measure […]
Source: SoonerPoll.com “It is my hope that you will…carefully consider the public’s collective opinion on this legislation…” Dear Governor Fallin, I write to you today to share with you results of our most recent polling regarding legislation to repeal the ban on horse slaughter in Oklahoma. Given the […]
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: Unedited (less headlines) Oklahoma Farm Report Fallin Verifies Ignorance on the Facts and Realities of Predatory Horse Slaughter Governor Mary Fallin saluted the young people involved in the 2013 Oklahoma Youth Expo- as she brought greetings to the crowd gathered at the Sale of Champions on Friday […]
Source: http://www.pammckissick.com/horse-slaughter Vickery Eckhoff, Mayor Paul Bacon and Stephanie Graham join Pam on the Issue of Horse Slaughter in Oklahoma Warning: Graphic Images Mass slaughter of horses tilts the economic scales to the demand side as supply diminishes. This commoditizes one of the smartest and most useful animals […]
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