Watchdog.com / By Rob Nikolewski / August 8, 2013 ALBUQUERQUE – The long-running arguments over opening the first horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. in seven years took another turn Thursday. A U.S. magistrate judge ordered theHumane Society of the United Statesand other animal rights advocates to post, for one...
July 8, 2013 Far out in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Chantal was born this morning. We try to stay on top of those storms, since Habitat for Horses is the First Responder for horses after a hurricane landfall in several counties in Texas. Thus we wish...
Food Product Design, Josh Long, April 17, 2013 WASHINGTON—Horses symbolize the grandeur and mystique of the American West. Their celebrated status may help explain the growing furor over requests before the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to authorize the slaughtering of the animals for human consumption. In recent...
Oklahoma Senate approves a horse slaughter measure 32-14. newsok.com /Michael McNutt | Published: March 26, 2013 The state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow horse slaughter in Oklahoma, but would continue the existing ban on the sale of horse meat for consumption in the state. The Senate...
Bloomberg /Alan Bjerga - Mar 15, 2013 The lawyer for a New Mexico meat plant that wants to be the first to slaughter horses in the U.S. since 2007 says the facility may be operational in three weeks. “We’re getting ready to go,” A. Blair Dunn, attorney for Valley Meat Co....
MarketWatch.com / Press Release / March 14, 2013 "Pam McKissick Without Reserve: Horse Slaughter" Radio Show to Air Locally in OKC on KOKC 1520-AM and in Tulsa on KTSO 94.1-FM This Sunday, March 17 (Note - This will be one of the BEST hours on internet radio!...
(Note - Personally, I've always had a strong distaste for PETA. Between ads with naked women, promoting the "slippery-slope" fear in ranchers and the scandal of euthanizing pets drawn from shelters, they have become the joke among equine advocates. Then came the insanity of promoting...
New York Times, STEPHANIE STROM, February 28, 2013 [caption id="attachment_15443" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sally Ryan for The New York TimesSome horse auctions, like this one in Shipshewana, Ind., also deal in animals destined for slaughter in Canada and Mexico.[/caption] The United States Department of Agriculture is likely to approve a...
By SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press, February 20, 2013 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma could soon allow the slaughter of horses for human consumption, ending a ban that has been in place in the state for close to 50 years, under a pair of bills easily approved...
[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...