Texas suspends wild burro killing policy at Big Bend Ranch State Park

BETSY BLANEY reporting for the ASSOCIATED PRESS writes: The Texas wildlife agency said Tuesday it is suspending a policy that allows the killing of burros in a state park along the Mexican border after the Humane Society of the United States offered to devise a nonlethal plan to remove the destructive animals. The Texas Parks…

Rescuers battle trend of ‘killer buyers’ at California auction houses (US)

Last line of safety against slaughter By MARIA GINSBOURG Correspondent for the Contra Costa Times CALIFORNIA -- When horse owners have to give up their animals in today's depressed horse resale market, Northern California rescuers such as Tawnee Preisner are often all that's left between a safe pasture and a slaughterhouse. Preisner, co-founder and vice…