The Rural Life
The New York Times
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
One afternoon last week, I noticed that one of our mares — a quarter horse named Ida — was stepping slowly as she came into the corral. A horse’s mobility is everything, and I began wondering about a hoof abscess or a muscle strain. But when I walked [...]
Fair Hill exercise rider aids grass-roots effort to boost cause
Longtime exercise rider Alex Brown wants to shut down U.S. horse slaughter facilities and prohibit the transport of horses out of the country for slaughter.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Sam Houston Race Park
By JACK IRELAND, The News Journal, Delaware
Appeared online Saturday, February 16, 2008
Alex Brown speaks from the [...]
As reported by the Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. — More horses are being sent to Mexico for slaughter since last year’s closure of three U.S. horse-slaughter plants in Illinois and Texas for violating state laws.
The grueling cross-border journeys stretch for hundreds of miles with horses crammed in double-decker trailers. They face deaths there that are [...]
Donna Rice calms her horse, Golden General, at her ranch near Tucson. The quarter horse was to be euthanized following the euthanizing of his dam, Golden Weave, in the background. Rice’s dog, Toby, waits nearby. To help pay for the euthanizations, Rice received financial aid from a horse-rescue organization. PHOTO: Arizona Daily Star
New fund for [...]
