By STEPHANIE STROM as published in the New York Times Horse-Eaters Duquette and Wallis’ Panties in a Wad The Obama administration has included a proposal in its 2014 budget that would effectively ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Technically, the proposal would prevent money from being […]
Source: The Western Producer “Do ya think drug tainted Horse Meat might be included?” MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers starting Monday over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, a spokesperson for Russia’s veterinary and […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance “Numbers…would tell us how much of the meat from our horses was being sold as beef…” EWA (Chicago) – USDA data for the first quarter of 2013 indicates a precipitous drop in the number of horses going from the US to Mexico for slaughter. […]
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: Wild Horse Observers Association Open Letter to New Mexico Governor Martinez Governor Martinez Office of the Governor 490 Old Santa Fe Room 400 Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-476-2200 Date: 3/25/2013 Re: Please Ban Horse Slaughter in New Mexico – Petition results (every 5000 report) Dear Governor Martinez, […]
as published in the UK’s INDEPENDENT The influx from the US, which last year sent 167,000 horses to its two neighbours for slaughter as human food, has been largely unexamined during the ongoing crisis Thousands of tonnes of horsemeat originating from the United States, which may be tainted […]
information supplied by the GlobalGrind.com and AP “…horsemeat scandal might prompt us to take a better look at the “beef” in our own supermarkets” When traces of horsemeat were discovered in European beef supplies, Americans were shocked. But new developments in the horsemeat scandal might prompt us to […]
by Jack Rodolico of Marketplace.org Canada isn’t protecting consumers from tainted meat… In 2011, about 140,000 American horses were eaten abroad. But they weren’t slaughtered in the U.S. When America closed its last horse slaughter plants five years ago, American horse buyers turned their trucks north and south to slaughterhouses […]
Article/Report by Animals Angels BLM Wild Horse Freeze Brands Clearly Visible on Horses in Plant Animals’ Angels investigators observed harsh conditions in EU approved Mexican slaughterhouses during an intensive investigation conducted in September 2012. The goal of this follow up investigation was to check if any improvements had […]
By: Cheryl Hanna as published on the Examiner “Almost all of our horse meat is incorrectly certified!” The temporary shutdown of Canadian horse slaughter early Friday morning still has not produced any definitive reasons as to why American horses were turned away and their brokers, killbuyers, and drivers […]
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