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Undercover Activist Details Secret Filming of Animal Abuse & Why “Ag-Gag” Laws May Force Him to Stop
April 9th, 2013
Democracy Now with Amy Goodman & Juan González, April 8, 2013 (NOTE – This is a viewer supported news site) An animal rights investigator details how he has spent over a decade secretly filming animal abuse and why that ...
Sequester prompts call for wild horses and burros to be returned to the wild
April 9th, 2013
Horseback Magazine , April 8, 2013 WASHINGTON (April 8, 2013)–Last week Protect Mustangs, the California based conservation group, officially called for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to put a freeze on roundups and return all wild horses and burros, ...
Roy Exum: Vote Down The AgGag Bill
April 8th, 2013
The Chattanoogan, Roy Exum, April 8, 2013 When Governor Bill Haslam signed a bill last year that would make soring a Tennessee Walking Horse a Class E felony, punishable by up to five years in prison, it seemed like ...
“They Rescued Me” Photo Contest – Week Two Update
April 8th, 2013
Habitat for Horses – April 8, 2013 This is the start of week two of the photo contest, and quite a contest it has turned out to be! I am amazed at both the response and the quality of ...
Convicted Mustang Abuser Jailed for Parole Violation
April 8th, 2013
The Horse, Pat Raia, April 8, 2013 Jason Meduna, the Nebraska rancher convicted of maltreating more than 200 mustangs adopted from the Bureau of Land Management, has been jailed in Wyoming for violating terms of his parole. In April ...
Guest Op Ed: A little mystery with our meat
April 8th, 2013
Bob Gaydos, April 6, 2013 The horse-meat-in-ground-beef scandal that broke in Europe at the beginning of the year has spawned numerous investigations there as well as a booming business for food-testing companies. But it has thus far not crossed ...
Grand National protesters accuse Channel 4 of exploiting deaths of horses
April 7th, 2013
Animal rights campaigners gather at broadcaster’s London headquarters to condemn advert that ‘ramps-up’ danger of race Mark Townsend, guardian.co.uk, Saturday 6 April 2013 Animal rights campaigners have staged a protest outside the headquarters of Channel 4, accusing the Grand National broadcaster of cynically exploiting the ...
The Mysteries of the Horse -Dr. Juliet Getty
April 7th, 2013
(Note – Dr. Getty is an expert in equine nutrition, an area sorely lacking in any true, applied yet scientific applications. As the person responsible for the feeding of an average of 150 equine daily at Habitat for Horses, ...
Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime
April 7th, 2013
The New York Times -RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. - April 6, 2013 On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals. Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air. ...
Russia to ban meat from most Canadian, Mexican suppliers
April 7th, 2013
Dover Cattle Network | Reuters | Updated: 04/05/2013 Russia plans to ban meat imports from most Canadian and Mexican suppliers from April 8 over concerns about the use of the feed additive ractopamine, Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary service (VPSS) said on Friday. ...