US horse slaughter export numbers for 2001-2021

Here is an updated list of the number of American horses sent for slaughter in Canada and Mexico to include 2021 and according to country. From 2001 to 2021, the US sent more than 1.6 million of its horses across its borders to be killed for their meat. Horse Slaughter Export Numbers 2001—2021 YearUS to…

Lujan Grisham to challenge zoo’s purchase of horse meat

• Cross-posted from Channel 4 KOB, Albuquerque, NM » New Mexicans who oppose the slaughter of horses may soon score another victory as U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) prepares to pick a battle with the Albuquerque BioPark. Few zoo visitors were aware that New Mexico's largest zoo purchases tens of thousands of pounds of horse…

Chemically tainted horse meat unfit for human consumption

NM Attorney General: Meat's pedigree would have to be proven before slaughter KOAT, Channel 7, Albuquerque, New Mexico reports: ROSWELL, N.M. —The attorney general’s office said there is another hurdle that could stand in the way of horse slaughter plans in Roswell. Horse meat, fitting the legal definition of an adulterated food product, may not…

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 Meat on the menu on Top Chef Canada

Food Network Canada is airing an episode of Top Chef Canada on "French Cuisine" where competing chefs will be preparing horse meat. The program is due to air May 16th. If this offends you, please let them know how you feel about their use of horse meat, the horrors of slaughter that produces the meat,…