ESPN to air horse slaughter segment week of Kentucky Derby

ESPN will air a special segment of E:60, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 7 pm, on the slaughter of racehorses taking place in the Miami area of Florida to supply the black market demand for horse meat for human consumption. "Inside the Horse Meat Black Market" airs the week of the Kentucky Derby to draw…

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…

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…

Well-groomed horse cut into 10 to 15 pieces in SW Miami-Dade (US)

21 horses killed since January By CHRISTINA VEIGA | Miami Herald Staff Writer She was a bay - a dark brown thoroughbred. She had a shiny coat and new horseshoes, all signs that someone took good care of her. But Saturday night, the 3- or 4-year-old mare was found cut in pieces along a rural…

DNA typing urged to thwart Florida horse butcherings (US)

Cross-posted from the Thoroughbred Times By DENISE STEFFANUS September 20, 2009 ------------- Officials working on the recent horse-butchering cases in South Florida are urging horsemen to have their horses DNA-typed. Horsemen also are urged to post signs at their farms and stables, in English and in Spanish, stating that DNA will be used to apprehend…