Hermiston does not want horse slaughter on its doorstep

RICHARD COCKLE, reporting for The Oregonian writes: "Once wide open to virtually any industry that promised payrolls and jobs, the eastern Oregon town of Hermiston is taking a stand against the latest business poised to land on its doorstep." I don't think the first thing you want to see when you get off the freeway…

Sue Wallis’ begging letter to USDA for horse slaughter inspections

The following is a letter from Sue Wallis and the latest version of her pro-horse slaughter group, sent to Agriculture Secretary Vilsak at the USDA, begging for horse slaughter inspections necessary to export horse meat and thereby saving the US horse industry. The letter is based on the loosest interpretation of facts, or no facts…

From Wyoming to Missouri “Horse Slaughter Sue” continues to fail

Donald Bradley reporting for the Kansas City Star writes a comprehensive article that follows the trail of Sue Wallis, the Wyoming State Representative actively working to return horse slaughter to US soil. Bradley tells of Wallis' relentless pursuit starting in her home state of Wyoming and winding up where she is now, in the State…

Rockville Mo horse slaughter plant another misfire for Sue Wallis

CHICAGO, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) - Despite dozens of articles about the imminent opening of a horse slaughter plant in Rockville, Missouri, EWA has learned that the plant is not opening anytime in the foreseeable future. The announcement by Sue Wallis that the plant was undergoing renovation and…

Horse slaughter plant planned for Rockville, Missouri

Sue Wallis' United Equine, LLC has filed an application with the the Food Safety and Inspection Service to slaughter horses at a former cattle slaughter facility located in Rockville, Bates County, Missouri. Unified Equine are reportedly raising the funding necessary to convert the plant into a horse slaughtering operation through private investors with plans to…

Wallis hints her plans for horse slaughter plant in Missouri are apace

Cross-posted from Riverfront Times Blog by PAUL FRISWOLD Sue Wallis, the CEO of Unified Equine, resurfaced in the media recently to hint that her plans for a horse slaughter plant in Missouri continue apace. Wallis claims that the company has designs on a shuttered cattle processing plant in "western Missouri," with the exact location being…

Horse Slaughter Sue promotes her mission in New Mexico under new guise

Sue Wallis has created yet another organization to front her pursuit of horse slaughter. It is called the International Equine Business Association (http://www.ieqbassn.com/). Beware anyone who does business with this association. We give as little attention as possible to Horse Slaughter Sue, but feel in this instance it is warranted. Wallis, in an attempt outrun…

Unified Equine may have met its Waterloo in Missouri horse slaughter battle

In a letter to Unified Equine's attorney of record, Cynthia MacPherson Esq, who has been leading the battle to make sure horse slaughter does not return to US soil in Missouri, challenges the way Unified Equine, led by Sue Wallis, has solicited investors. Also from the contents of this letter, it appears MacPherson has uncovered…

Missouri horse slaughter plant meeting closed to media

MIKE PENPRASE reporting for News-Leader writes: The owner of a Mountain Grove livestock auction where proponents of a horse slaughter operation plan to hold a meeting Monday [March 12th] said he doesn’t want news media on his property. “I’ve been lambasted by the people who don’t want to see it,” Wright County Livestock Auction owner…

Horse slaughter promoter alleges death threats to YMCA Director

EQUINE WELFARE ALLIANCE PRESS RELEASE March 10, 2012 – Mountain Grove, MO (EWA) – A bizarre chain of events has followed the contentious meeting of the Mountain Grove City Council on March 6th concerning the Unified Equine proposal to build a horse slaughter plant near the town. Unified Equine CEO Sue Wallis claimed that the…