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The Thing Under the Rock Speaks

April 19th, 2013 (12)
(Before you start, I want to apologize for ruining your day by placing this before you. Perhaps you might consider this a humor piece, but it isn’t. This is the way the slaughter activists actually think. What I find ...

Wild animal birth control: politics vs. science

April 19th, 2013 (2)
Billings Gazette , April 18, 2013 12:15 am  •  By Brett French (NOTE – Comments sought: The Billings Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management is seeking comment on a proposal to conduct fertility control on the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Herd. Comments ...

Don’t reopen plants that slaughter horses for food

April 19th, 2013 (11)
chicagotribune.com, By Wayne Pacelle,  April 19, 2013 Most Americans disapprove of slaughtering horses for food — 80 percent, according to a recent national survey. Responsible American horse lovers, breeders and owners shudder at the thought of any horse of theirs ...

Oz Wonder Horse Quits While She’s Ahead

April 18th, 2013 (5)
SkyNews,Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent, April 17, 2013 After winning a record 25 consecutive races, an Australian wonder horse is finally hanging up her saddle. The owners of a horse that came first in every race she ever competed in ...

USDA EMBROILED IN FLAMES OF HORSE-SLAUGHTER FUROR

April 18th, 2013 (11)
Food Product Design, Josh Long, April 17, 2013 WASHINGTON—Horses symbolize the grandeur and mystique of the American West. Their celebrated status may help explain the growing furor over requests before the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to authorize the ...

Animal Welfare Groups Seek to Protect Endangered Species From Environmental Threat of Horse Slaughter

April 17th, 2013 (5)
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 ...

Animals’ Angels FOIA Request Uncovers Grave Discrepancy in BLM Mortality Rates

April 17th, 2013 (18)
What is happening at the Bureau of Land Management’s Nevada Palomino Valley Holding Facility? There have been many reports lately about questionable actions of the Bureau of Land Management and its contractors, such as selling horses out of long term holding ...

NM AG: Is Horse Meat a Threat to Health in NM?

April 17th, 2013 (5)
Equine Welfare Alliance | April 16, 2013 (SANTA FE)—Attorney General Gary King today expressed grave concerns over the potential health risks associated with consumption of horse meat processed at the proposed horse slaughtering plant in Roswell. “As Attorney General, ...

European Commission Tests on Horsemeat Safety Are Incomplete

April 16th, 2013 (3)
Officials must enact moratorium on sale of horsemeat that does not meet EU import requirements   STRASBOURG (16 April 2013) – In light of the European Commission’s report released today, Humane Society International European Union Director Joanna Swabe, Ph.D., ...

France finds most horsemeat in EU DNA tests – EU sources

April 16th, 2013 (3)
TheStarOnline.com.my | April 16, 2013 | Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other EU country, early results of DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with ...