Source: KTAR of Arizona “Our main focus now is going to be beef…” LINCOLN, Neb. – An Iowa company is dropping plans to slaughter horses in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily banned the practice as animal welfare groups challenge it in court, a company […]
Source: Front Range Equine Rescue Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States Will Sue to Enforce the Endangered Species Act (April 16, 2013)— Front Range Equine Rescue (“FRER”) and The Humane Society of the United States (“HSUS”) notified the United States Department of […]
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: Front Range Equine Rescue Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States Petition State Board to Declare Horsemeat Unfit for Human Consumption (April 2, 2013)-The Humane Society of the United States and Front Range Equine Rescue filed a legal petition with the New […]
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 […]
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 […]
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