(Note - While this article is old, it points to promised changes that haven't been made. Some of the "meat" in this story came from Uruguay, an exporter of horsemeat, just like the US. As more DNA testing is done, we will find more and...
EurActiv,com / February 19, 2013 [caption id="attachment_15035" align="alignleft" width="300"] Horses waiting to be slaughtered at Dallas Crown, Kaufman, Texas[/caption] As the horsemeat-dressed-as-beef scandal continues to rock Europe’s food industry, a number of organisations are calling on stricter European regulation, including an EU-wide horse passport register. The Federation of...
Pete was the first horse that walked through our gates. Eight months old, he had been abandoned in a pasture, gathered up by a new owner and take to an auction, there to be purchased by a killer-buyer. I talked the man out of taking...
(Personal note - Admired and respected among all except those against whom she fights, Gail was the prime driver for shutting down the slaughter of horses in Illinois. One of my fondest memories of her was sitting on a back porch late at night in deep...
[caption id="attachment_14987" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hiding from a killer-buyer[/caption] Media reporters usually try to write unbiased reports, be they for TV or print. However, we're also used to seeing the lack of research, the quoting of unsubstantiated "facts" and biased, pro-slaughter angle stories. In the article below,...
Not many know of a very special place called Luck, Texas. It's a spot on the map outside Austin where many of the horses were rescued from various ordeals, situations, abuse and neglect by Habitat for Horses have been offered the opportunity to reside on...
The call came in on January 30th - about a very skinny horse that’s down and couldn’t get up. A few minutes later I was standing next to a 20 something bay mare stretched flat out on the cold, wet ground, about as thin as...
Wayne Greene / Tulsa World / February 12, 2913 [caption id="attachment_14672" align="alignleft" width="226"] Sen. Mark Allen: The Republican put language in the bill to ensure that horses couldn't be sold directly to a slaughterhouse.[/caption] A state Senate committee unanimously passed a bill to allow the operation of...
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...