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Market for slaughter horses plunging in wake of Burger-gate

Equine Welfare Alliance – April 5, 2013 – Vicki Tobin – John Holland EWA (Chicago) – USDA data for the first quarter of 2013 indicates a precipitous drop in the number of horses going from the US to Mexico for slaughter. The flow of horses south had been increasing steadily for over two years but Full Article

Horse Meat Applicant’s Food Safety Is Questioned

NYTimes /Stephanie Strom / March 14, 2013 The New Mexico company seeking to become the first slaughter house for horses in the United States since 2007 drew complaints over ...Full Article

Danger on Europe’s Dinner Plate

NYTimes, Op-Ed, Wayne Pacelle, March 11, 2013 The discovery of horse meat in products labeled as beef in the European Union has raised serious questions, not just about food ...Full Article

Advocates Concerned by Shipment of Horse Meat Through U.S. Ports

STEPHANIE STROM / February 27, 2013 / NYTimes (Expanded version of the story first published yesterday) As concerns over horse meat infiltrating products labeled ground beef grows among American consumers, an ...Full Article

Calls for EU to immediately ban horsemeat from America

Horsetalk,co,nz / February 12, 2013 Humane Society International is calling on European Union officials to protect consumer health and immediately ban the sale of horsemeat coming from North America. ...Full Article

American icon or horse meat: What to do with mustangs

Public lands » BLM must protect wild horses but preserve range for all users. By Christopher Smart The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Oct 29 2012 04:25 pm Is ...Full Article

Are We Leading Our Wild Horses to Slaughter?

The Atlantic, OCT 24 2012, 4:38 PM ET As a new book makes clear, Velma Johnston, a.k.a. “Wild Horse Annie,” must be rolling over in her grave at the ...Full Article

Horse Slaughter – Is it on or off the table?

On Thursday, Oct 11th, the European Commission published a report which evaluates the operation of controls over the production of horsemeat for export to the European Union. On Friday, ...Full Article

Horse meat is, in essence, an industrial byproduct, and eating it poses a hazard to public health

Trojan Horse Meat

A New York chef planned to serve raw horse meat. It would have been a disaster—but not for the reason you think. By James McWilliams|Posted Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, ...Full Article

Parks and Wildlife Horses Arrive

After a negotiated agreement was reached last week with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, two of our folks took off to Big Bend State Park, just a few ...Full Article

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