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, […]
Source: Office of Rep. Jim Moran Requests agency include slaughter ban in FY ’14 budget Washington, DC – Congressman Jim Moran, Northern Virginia Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, today sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack calling on the USDA to deny […]
Source: Equine Welfare Alliance Press Release “Plants will have no access to the markets even if the EU ban is lifted…” Chicago (EWA) – Since Congress lifted the ban on USDA inspections of horse meat, several small shuttered cattle slaughter plants have clamored for the USDA to provide […]
Guest OpEd by Vicki Tobin ~ VP of Equine Welfare Alliance “Skye McNiel wants to use the food chain to dispose of horses…” Nothing is sweeter than having the darkside validate what we have been saying for years. I came across an article yesterday that was regarding the […]
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 […]
Forward by R.T. Fitch ~ president of Wild Horse Freedom Federation Oklahoma Legislators and the USDA are “out to lunch” “There is actually TOO MUCH to single out a single article on the scandalous Horse Meat/Slaughter Issue hitting the wire these days. While the good ole boys in […]
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 […]
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 […]
By STEPHANIE STROM of the New York Times Inept U.S. Government Decision Baffles Experts The United States Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico in the next two months, which would allow equine meat suitable for human consumption to be produced […]
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 […]
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