A horse slaughterhouse in Quebec closed its doors this past week. The Les Viandes de la Petite Nation (LPN) slaughterhouse shut its doors as a result of the new European Union regulations requiring all horses slaughtered for human consumption be held for 180 days prior...
What they meaning by "alternatives" is horse meat. Could it be that since Europe is no longer buying the numbers of horses for meat that once were that Mexico now has a surplus? Let us know your thoughts - on this post on our website,...
Other news sources are starting to pick up the story that there is horse meat mixed in US commercial ground beef. Do be careful if you go out there to research this on your own. There is an online link about a story of a...
The appeal trial date for the League Line horses is July 30th. Based on the court’s decision, the distribution of the horses, if any, will be a few days after that date. Until that trial is completed, it would be improper for us to discuss the...
By: Jerry Finch, President of Habitat for Horses Originally posted July 2010 If my horse, Pete, were to give an Independence Day Speech before Congress, this is what he would say: I do not know why you have asked me to speak here today, nor do I...
What horse welfare issues are of biggest concern to you? This poll, by TheHorse.com, lists the variety of issues all horse lovers are thinking about : unwanted horses, horse slaughter, horse soring, wild horses and horse drawn carriages. The statements by many who took the...
Today we will re-post an article Jerry Finch, founder and President of Habitat for Horses, wrote a few years back. It is on the subject of remembrance - remembrance of our horses and all they have done for our country. Horses deserve our highest honors...
Just this past week, the People's Silver Telly Award was given to Willie Nelson's video "The Love of Horses". As shown in the video, Willie Nelson met Jerry Finch and other members of Habitat for Horses several years ago while they were all working to...
This is a very solid piece of journalism by Animals 24-7 in Australia. The relationship of gambling in horse racing and horse slaughter is one that has not been discussed often enough. A larger pool of speculative breeding of race horses generates more income for...
Just in case you have not heard - Willie Nelson and HRTV have come with a new video: The Love of Horses. Habitat for Horses is acknowledged in this video for all the work we have done: to stop horse slaughter, to keep horses that...