(In a few weeks, Habitat for Horses will celebrate 15 years of service to the horses. From two horses pulled from the slaughter truck to hundreds of court cases and thousands of horses that have passed through our gates, we've become a strong voice for...
AgriPulse.com, By Sarah Gonzalez, August 2, 2013 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 2, 2013- A federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order against USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to prevent the inspection of horse slaughter facilities to go forward. U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo heard oral arguments Friday to block the...
(Before you break out the champagne, we won a Temporary Restraining Order, not a final ruling - Jerry) JERI CLAUSING / Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted plans by companies in New Mexico and Iowa to start slaughtering horses next week. U.S. District...
Sharyn Jackson, The Des Moines Register, August 2, 2013 DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa plant could be the first in the nation to resume horse slaughter after a seven-year lapse, resurrecting mixed views among horse owners about the controversial practice. Depending on the outcome of a...
August 1, 2013 (This first story is amazing - mankind's attempt to restore what we almost lost. The second story is a rehash of the breaking news this week - politicians, payoffs and corruption surrounding the life of the horses. Placed together, these stories say far...
The Chattanoogan, August 1, 2013, Roy Exum [caption id="attachment_21211" align="alignleft" width="201"] Roy Exum[/caption] The 75th Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is scheduled to begin three weeks from tonight in Shelbyville and it is looking like a ticket will be the worst buy since the Titanic set sail....
New Mexico Watchdog.org, Rob Nikolewski on July 31, 2013 The Navajo Nation is about to wade into the heated debate over a horse-meat processing plant in Roswell and will support Valley Meat Co. becoming the first horse slaughterhouse in the U.S. in seven years. “They’re eating up the land and drinking...
July 31, 2013 [caption id="attachment_21199" align="alignleft" width="300"] Valley Meat Company[/caption] No one, other than law enforcement any any other person involved, has any clues as to the cause of a fire at the proposed horse slaughterhouse in Roswell, New Mexico. No one has come forth with knowledge...
July 31, 2013 EWA (Chicago) - The Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) and the Animal Law Coalition (ALC) announced today that they have irrefutable evidence showing that the Government Accountability Office fraudulently misrepresented horse abuse and neglect data in their report GAO 11-228. The GAO report blamed...
Seattle Times, JERI CLAUSING, Associated Press, July 30, 2013 Arsonists set fire to the southeastern New Mexico company that planned to resume domestic horse slaughter next week, the company's owner said Tuesday. "They tried to burn the place down," Valley Meat Co. owner Rick De Los Santo said Tuesday...