Florida woman charged for failing to report EIA-positive horses

A Florida woman faces a felony charge for failing to inform state agricultural authorities that a horse on her property tested positive for equine infectious anemia (EIA). EIA is an infectious, potentially fatal viral disease transferred from horse-to-horse by biting insects such as horseflies and deer flies. Infected horses display acute or chronic symptoms including…

Horse remains found in impounded Ocala van

VIDEO REPORT FROM MIAMI HERALD ONLINE REPORT FROM THEHORSE.COM Written by PAT RAIA "The contents of a van discovered parked in a Miami-Dade, Fla., neighborhood earlier this week included horse remains, according to Miami-Dade Police. The investigation into the incident is ongoing. "The probe is the latest investigation into a series of incidents involving the…

Help sought locating stolen miniature horses in Ocala

Cross-posted from Ocala.com Written by AUSTIN L. MILLER OCALA - Sheriff’s deputies are seeking help finding four miniature horses that were stolen from Ocala West Training Center at 14871 S.W. 20th Place, according to the owner. The victim told a sheriff’s deputy her daughter last saw the animals was Thursday, May 20. On Sunday, when…

Florida police investigate suspicious horse meat

Cross-posted from Law Enforcement News at Officer.com Miami-Dade police are investigating the discovery of what is believed to be illegal horse meat in a vehicle Wednesday morning. Police confirmed that they received a call reporting a white van with blood on it at Westland Ranch near Northwest 182nd Street and 137th Avenue. Inside the van,…

Florida Horse Protection Bill Signed by Governor Crist

Florida horses assured a safer future Source: SPCA Press Release While other States (notably Montana, Wyoming, Tennessee, Missouri) are working furiously to bring horse slaughter houses into their environs, Florida has made our great State safer for them and the people who love them. The Florida Horse Protection Bill that we all worked so hard…

Florida bill crucial to stopping illicit trade in horse meat

This is a terrific article. Kudos to "Kudo" Couto. He is a true hero for these destroyed horses. It looks to us in that last picture that the horse on the right has a BLM type tag around his (or her) neck. Oh no, it is plain halter. ----- By NEIL CLARKSON Cross-posted from Horsetalk…

Florida state legislation on illegal sale of horse meat referred to Committee

March 1, 2010 HB 765, the House version of Florida state legislation introduced to help crack down on the black market sale of horsemeat for human consumption was referred to the Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee today. Its companion bill, SB 1708, sits in Criminal Justice; Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations. Horses have been…

Racehorse with champion bloodlines sold to slaughter for $50 (US)

By Kim Segal and John Zarrella, CNN MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Freedom's Flight is a beautiful thoroughbred with an impressive pedigree. His bloodlines can be traced to two of the greatest race horses of all time, Seattle Slew and Secretariat. But, unlike his kinship, Freedom's Flight's racing career ended before it had even started. It…

Another horse found butchered in Miami-Dade (US)

After five arrests and a lull in killings, 24th dead horse found By JEFF BURNSIDE | NBC Miami | Dec 23, 2009 Despite five arrests and a lull in horse killings since July in Miami-Dade, another horse was found slaughtered last night, its body left on the side of the road. The horse was hauled…

Blackmarket butchers continue to kill pet horses (US)

Investigators Warn Palm Beach County, Treasure Coast Horse Owners MIAMI, Fla. -- Investigators said some people are willing to shell out big money to dine on horsemeat, believing it has magic, curative powers. Selling or buying horsemeat is illegal, but that's not stopping organized rings of horse butchers from killing pets. "His markings were awesome,…