Back in the blogging saddle again soon

Hello there. It has been a wild and crazy month. We have been so busy since the beginning of the year we have hardly had time to catch our breath let alone blog. We even put Patsy our vegan bloggist on assignment so that's why you haven't heard anything from her. But she's been saving…

Federal Appeals court asked to uphold regulations protecting Tennessee Walking horses

HSUS PRESS RELEASE Regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prevent the cruel practice of horse “soring” are being challenged in federal appeals court, prompting the Humane Society of the United States to file a friend-of-the-court brief. The HSUS is asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to uphold…

U.S. federal appeals court halts horse slaughter

The Associated Press reports: ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily halted plans by companies in two U.S. states to begin slaughtering horses, continuing on-again, off-again efforts to resume domestic equine slaughter two years after Congress lifted a ban on the practice. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in…

Efforts to block horse slaughter in the US will continue

HSUS PRESS RELEASE November 1, 2013 A federal judge in the court case regarding horse slaughter in the U.S. has reversed course from her initial ruling and cleared the way for U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections of horse slaughter plants in several states. The Humane Society of the United States will not only appeal the…

Interior Dept loses bid to delay US court hearing on NV Mustangs

Source Link >> WRITTEN BY SCOTT SONNER -- ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO, Nevada — The government shutdown is not a good enough reason to postpone a hearing scheduled in U.S. District Court in Reno on Thursday in a legal battle between the Interior Department and wild horse advocates over hundreds of mustangs gathered from a wildlife…

Valley Meat horse slaughter water discharge permit hearing set for Oct. 22

A Pet Examiner article reports: The State of New Mexico Environment Department on Friday set a public hearing for a water-discharge permit denied a horse slaughter plant, Valley Meat Company, in July. According to the webpage Citizens Against Equine Slaughter, the hearing will take place on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 9:00 a.m., at the Chaves…

Wild horse advocate’s lawsuit seeks to halt auction after roundup

UPDATE: We are updating our original post on this issue with the following joint press release. LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP SALES OF WILD HORSES AT SLAUGHTER AUCTION ON SATURDAY Wild Horse & Conservation Groups Allege Feds Failed to Protect Wild Horses in Tribal Roundup; 467 Horses Await Fate at Slaughter Auction RENO, Nev. (August 16,…

APNewsBreak: Iowa plant drops horse-slaughter plan

Written by GRANT SCHULTE and JERI CLAUSING, ALBUQURQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Iowa company is dropping plans to slaughter horses in the wake of a federal judge's ruling that temporarily banned the practice as part of a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups, a company executive said Tuesday. Responsible Transportation, which owns a slaughterhouse in…

Federal magistrate orders horse slaughter opponents to post $435,000 bond by Aug. 15

Cross-posted by Southwest Farm Press WRITTEN BY LOGAN HAWKES Animal rights groups that successfully campaigned for a temporary ban on horse slaughter activities at meat processing facilities in New Mexico and Iowa must post a $435,000-plus bond by Aug. 15 if they hope to keep their legal challenge alive in federal court. That was the…

Federal Judge postpones bond hearing in horse slaughter case

By ASSOCIATED PRESS via ABC.com A federal judge in Albuquerque has postponed until Thursday a bond hearing for the animal rights groups who won a temporary ban on domestic horse slaughter. The Humane Society of the United States, Front Range Equine Rescue and others on Friday won a temporary restraining order that blocked plans by…