BY JACOB OGLES as published on SRQ No Americans should have resorted to eating their horses, according to Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota. The congressman on Wednesday filed bipartisan legislation with Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, that would outlaw killing horses for food. “The slaughter of horses for human consumption […]
The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of horses for slaughter abroad The U.S. House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing today on “Improving Safety and Transparency in America’s […]
Source: Equine Advocates This is an excerpt from a press release from Senator Bob Menendez about the introduction of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act that was introduced in the U.S. Senate yesterday: “Menendez, Graham, Whitehouse, Collins Drop Bipartisan Bill to Criminalize #HorseSlaughter for the Purpose of […]
By Debbie Coffey, V.P., Wild Horse Freedom Federation In my humble opinion: It was bad enough that Return to Freedom was one of the signatories, including mostly organizations representing livestock grazing, on a proposal that threatens the existence of America’s wild horses & burros on public lands. But […]
Source: YubaNet “Horses have a special place in our nation’s history, and these majestic creatures were not raised as food for humans…” WASHINGTON, D.C. Jan. 30, 2019 — Federal lawmakers introduced legislation today to permanently ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the United States and […]
By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com “American horses are treated with drugs that should not enter the food supply…” WASHINGTON — Beef may be what’s for dinner, but horse meat won’t be under legislation introduced Thursday in both houses of Congress by U.S. Sen. […]
Source: Children 4 Horses U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta, R-NH, joined U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, on April 22, 2015, to introduce the bipartisan SAFE Act – Safeguard American Food Exports Act – of 2015 to address the inhumane and dangerous process of transporting horses outside of the United […]
Source: Multiple “This bipartisan bill seeks to prevent and end the inhumane and dangerous process of transporting thousands of horses a year for food.” On April 22nd, 2015, federal lawmakers introduced legislation to prevent the establishment of horse slaughter operations within the U.S., end the current export of […]
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Source: The Toledo Chronicle “The horse slaughter industry is a predatory, inhumane enterprise…” Iowa has become ground zero in the national debate on horse slaughter, now that the USDA has cleared a horse slaughter plant to begin butchering horses here. Not only will our state earn the disdain […]
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