Source: By Alan Bjerga as published in Bloomberg “We’re getting ready to go,” The lawyer for a New Mexico meat plant that wants to be the first to slaughter horses in the U.S. since 2007 says the facility may be operational in three weeks. “We’re getting ready to […]
Click (HERE) to visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center NEW: S. 541/H.R. 1094—The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act Sponsors: Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Representatives Patrick Meehan (R-PA) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL). ASPCA Position: Support Action Needed: Call and email your U.S. senators and representative […]
Source: By Chris Good of ABC News “Horses sent to slaughter are often subject to appalling, brutal treatment,” A trio of U.S. lawmakers is saying “no” to horse meat. The U.S. is set to begin slaughtering horses again for the first time in six years, and recent news […]
Source: Los Angeles Times ~ Editorial Congress should reinstate the ban on funding horse meat inspections There is no market these days for horse meat in this country. The last horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. stopped production in 2007, the result of laws in Illinois and Texas banning […]
Congressman James P. Moran (D-VA) “I am pleased that the Obama Administration supports the reinstatement of the amendment I have offered to ban USDA inspections at horse slaughter plants…” Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today reaffirmed […]
Information and Report Supplied by Animals’ Angels Violations documented at the Cavel Horse Slaughter Plant in Illinois Warning: Graphic content that might be disturbing to some viewers Files are too large for browser viewing, please download and save to your computer to view Cavel Transport Violations Part 1 […]
From the pages of the Washington Post Recently Fined Butcher Points Bloody Finger ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico meat company that wants to resume domestic horse slaughter for food is suing the federal government, alleging inaction on its application was driven by emotional political debates and has […]
Written by Tammie Fields of Tampa Bay’s News 10 “Kudo” of ARM Bags Another Backyard Butcher CITRUS PARK, Florida – Jorge Ortega was arrested for selling horse meat back in November. On Tuesday, a civil lawsuit was filed against two Hillsborough County farms. Investigators say 26-year-old Ortega worked at one of the farms, where […]
By James McWilliams as published in the Slate Horse meat is, in essence, an industrial byproduct At Brooklyn’s Great GoogaMooga food festival last May, Hugue Dufour, the noted chef who’d co-founded the acclaimed M. Wells Diner, sold 5,000 grilled-cheese sandwiches that created quite a buzz among New York […]
By Glenye Cain Oakford of the Daily Racing Form “Known Kill Buyers Wring Hands and Pass Slaughter Propoganda” The United States market for slaughter horses was thrown into confusion Friday after slaughterhouses in Canada appeared to have closed their doors abruptly to U.S. horses, according to slaughter buyers, […]
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