Horsetalk,co,nz / February 12, 2013 [caption id="attachment_11481" align="alignleft" width="300"] Box of a preparation of phenylbutazone commonly sold throughout the United States. Note the warning on the right “Not for use in horses intended for food”. Still, everyday hundreds of US horses treated with this drug are...
(The Brits are acting like actors in Monty Python's Flying Circus. The scandal has become a true-to-life comedy act, except this time the actors are playing with the lives of both people and horses. Ignoring the facts seem to indicate the difference between honesty and the influence of...
[caption id="attachment_13131" align="alignleft" width="272"] Oklahoma's future?[/caption] This week, the Oklahoma legislature will do its best to pass bills that will bring horse slaughter back to the good, old USA. Senate Bill 375 (SB375) will be heard Monday afternoon in the Oklahoma Agricultural Committee. Written by Sen. Mark...
Wayne Greene, World Senior Writer / TulsaWorld.com / February 9. 2012 [caption id="attachment_14608" align="alignleft" width="249"] Rep. Skye McNiel: "They're being starved to death, which is a slow, painful death. These horses are dying in a very, very inhumane way."[/caption] OKLAHOMA CITY - Two bills pending before the...
Last month, horsemeat was found in supermarket beefburgers. Now it's ready meals – and with new test results due next week, the revelations may not be over yet Felicity Lawrence / The Guardian / February 8, 2013 [caption id="attachment_14600" align="aligncenter" width="460"] Authorities have been concerned for some...
The Telegraph / February 8, 2012 Anne McIntosh, chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, has suggested a ban on EU meat imports may be necessary, adding that French authorities would not have hesitated to issue a moratorium on British meat had the...
In a recent edition of the Williston Herald, two stories on similar topics provided a stark contrast. Williston (N.D.) Herald, The Jamestown Sun, February 8, 2013 In a recent edition of the Williston Herald, two stories on similar topics provided a stark contrast. In one, a local woman...
The French food company that supplied frozen lasagne found to contain up to 100pc horsemeat to British supermarkets on Friday shut down its website and declined to answer media enquiries. The Telegraph / AFP /1:47PM GMT /08 Feb 2013 - [caption id="attachment_14572" align="alignleft" width="300"] Comigel's website has...
By: Chuck Haga, Forum News Service, INFORUM [caption id="attachment_14521" align="alignleft" width="300"] Pepper[/caption] GRAND FORKS - Pepper is alive, she appears to be OK despite dropping about 200 pounds in weight, and she’s going home. And Madi George, the 6-year-old New York girl who sent her “life savings” to help...
By JULIE PACE / Huffington Post / 02/06/13 08:41 AM ET EST [caption id="attachment_14463" align="alignleft" width="211"] This March, 2006 file photo shows Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) CEO Sally Jewell at REI's Seattle flagship store.[/caption] WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday will nominate business executive and...