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By JANE ALLIN MARCH AGAINST HORSE SLAUGHTER — According to the most recent data(2018) from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO),horse meat production spans the globe and is a multi-million-dollar business interms of imports and exports across borders.[1] The data taken from the FAO statistical database, in general, have been suppliedby… Continue reading Horse slaughter and horse meat production worldwide — Introduction
HORSEMEAT — BBC News reports: Horse owners in Denmark face a six-month wait if they want to feed their recently deceased equines to the lions. It's become so popular to donate the carcass of your dead horse to Copenhagen Zoo as food for its carnivores that there's now a waiting list, Denmark's TV2 reports. Given… Continue reading Danish owners face waiting list to feed their horses to the lions
THE MEADOWLANDS PRESS RELEASE RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY (January 8, 2014) -- For the past year, Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment has been conducting out-of-competition testing on horses racing at The Meadowlands, in part to determine if any trainers are using illegal substances, but also to gather information pertaining to what racehorses are being given prior to… Continue reading The Meadowlands uncovers use of new performance-enhancing drug
SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness) PRESS RELEASE The thought of horses being eaten as food is so repugnant that New Jersey recently passed legislation to make it illegal to sell horses for human consumption. On Monday, November 11, 2013, the Cowtown Rodeo, located in Pilesgrove, NJ, was found to have sent nine of their… Continue reading Cowtown Rodeo tests New Jersey anti horse slaughter law
Video Released Proving Horse was Electro-shocked 25 Seconds Before He Began to Die SHARK PRESS RELEASE New Jersey – Award-winning animal behavior expert and author, Marc Bekoff called for a ban on using horses in rodeos for “entertainment” on July 8, 2013 in an article posted in Psychology Today. Bekoff called for the ban after… Continue reading Leading animal behaviorist calls for ban on rodeos after tragic horse death at New Jersey rodeo
SHARK NEWS RELEASE SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) is releasing this new video showing that Duke, the horse that died at the Cowtown Rodeo, was indeed electro-shocked. This is in response to comments made by Grant Harris, owner of the Cowtown Rodeo, saying that the horse was not shocked. Watch. # # #… Continue reading Video shows dead horse was indeed electro-shocked at Cowtown Rodeo
TRENTON—New Jersey enacted a measure to prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The new law also bans the transport of horses to slaughter, as well as the sale and transport of horse meat for human consumption. Introduced by Assemblyman Ronald Dancer (R-Cream Ridge) and Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Elizabeth), A.2023/S.1976 makes it illegal… Continue reading Christie signs bill into law banning horse slaughter in NJ
Jessica Springsteen asks Christie to sign bill to ban horse slaughter of horses for human consumption by MICHAEL SYMONS Cross-posted from Asbury Park Press TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie can’t seem to make his musical hero Bruce Springsteen happy, but he has a chance to impress the singer’s daughter. Jessica Springsteen, 20, an accomplished equestrian,… Continue reading Boss’s daughter asks Christie to sign bill to ban horse slaughter in NJ
Good news for horses. We love to report good news. BARBARA GOLDBERG reports: NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - What happened in Atlantic City's past should stay in Atlantic City's past-- especially if it involves high-diving horses. That was the decision made by Anthony Catanoso, owner of the Steel Pier amusement park, who scrapped plans… Continue reading Atlantic City horse diving revival scrapped after protests
Change.org Petition Against Reviving Cruelty Toward Horses in Atlantic City It is absolutely ludricrous, to bring such a barbaric and abusive act back in this day and age of supposed enhanced enlightenment concerning animal suffering. I remember the late Rue McClanahan spoke out against and worked with other celebrities like Mary Tyler Moore to shut… Continue reading Plan to bring diving horse act back to Steel Pier draws criticism from animal rights activists
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