Top 10 countries ranked by horses slaughtered and horse meat production – 2018

A horse in slaughter buyer Mike McCarron's trailer in Cleburne, Texas, August, 2019. USA Today.

By JANE ALLIN MARCH AGAINST HORSE SLAUGHTER — Recall from the Introduction article in this series that the FAO stats are not always based on original datasets for countries included in their assessments. Missing values are a common problem for international datasets, stemming form countries’ non-responses to the data requests dispatched on a regular basis… Continue reading Top 10 countries ranked by horses slaughtered and horse meat production – 2018

February and March themes

Two horses touching faces. Photographer unknown.

If you are a regular follower of Tuesday's Horse, you know that we often focus attention on a particular horse cruelty issue for the month of March. Examples are March Against Horse Slaughter, March for Premarin© Horses, and Meat Out for Mustangs. Our group agreed that we wanted to do one this year, and selected… Continue reading February and March themes

March Against Horse Slaughter

It's Past Time to End Horse Slaughter

The Horse Fund staff and executives have unanimously agreed to “March Against Horse Slaughter” in 2017. Throughout the years The Horse Fund have selected a horse cruelty issue and focused on it for the entire month of March — hence the name. The Horse Fund have previously targeted horse slaughter for the month of March,… Continue reading March Against Horse Slaughter

March for Premarin Horses Report

Hayworth and Molly Premarin flyer.

Thank you to everyone participating and making this good news report possible. March for Premarin Horses has gotten off to a tremendous start. Last week we were stars on social media. We trended twice on Twitter last week. Great job all you re-tweeters. We are also getting more shares on Facebook in one week than… Continue reading March for Premarin Horses Report