Greetings. We thought it might be interesting to look back at some of the things we have done over the years. The Internet Archive people at the Way Back Machine have stored random selections from our original website (fund4horses.org). It's amazing to look around there. Vivian started it all with a group called Texans for… Continue reading Horseshoes for Congress
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National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to meet Oct 9-10
October 9-11 meeting will be livestreamed at http://www.blm.gov/live SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board will meet October 9-11, 2018, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to discuss the pressing challenges of wild horse and burro management. This includes the backlog of unadopted and unsold… Continue reading National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board to meet Oct 9-10
U.S. Agribusiness lobbying hard for return of horse slaughter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meat peddlers in the U.S. are happy. Why? In a word. China. While trying to put together some statistics on U.S. meat production and consumption during Meat Out for Mustangs, a meat man made this remark to Tuesday's Horse, "The meat industry here [U.S.] could care less if the entire English speaking world… Continue reading U.S. Agribusiness lobbying hard for return of horse slaughter
Doping at US tracks affects Europe’s taste for horse meat
Cross-posted from The New York Times WRITTEN BY JOE DRAPE PARIS — For decades, American horses, many of them retired or damaged racehorses, have been shipped to Canada and Mexico, where it is legal to slaughter horses, and then processed and sold for consumption in Europe and beyond. Lately, however, European food safety officials have… Continue reading Doping at US tracks affects Europe’s taste for horse meat
U.S. slaughter horses caught in bureaucratic limbo
Reportedly for the moment Canadian horse slaughter plants are not accepting U.S. horses for slaughter for human consumption, leaving these horses in bureaucratic limbo while we await announcements from the European Commission (EC), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Some buyers for horse slaughter plants initially intended to return… Continue reading U.S. slaughter horses caught in bureaucratic limbo
Making horse slaughter dead is killing my business. Not.
Here we go again. Horse slaughter is dead. Long live horse slaughter. These ridiculous ideas keep getting published over and over. Do reporters do anything other than report opinions? How about some fact checking or simple reasoning? Oh, right. It's the editors; you don't have the time. In this case it is how banning horse… Continue reading Making horse slaughter dead is killing my business. Not.
U.S. horse racing through a glass darkly
So as through a glass, and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names, but always me. -- George S. Patton In an article by Paul Moran for ESPN he covers the Jockey Club Round Table on Matters Pertaining to Racing recently held in Saratoga. "There is no… Continue reading U.S. horse racing through a glass darkly
Recent test shows Canada sending toxic horse meat to Europeans but on it goes
Updated. Horse advocates have long warned that toxic horse meat from slaughtered American and Canadian horses is ending up on the dinner tables of Europe. In February 2010 a peer reviewed scientific study entitled "Bute and Slaughter Horses Toxicology Study" (pdf) branded USDA studies asserting U.S. and Canadian horse meat as chemically harmless as bogus.… Continue reading Recent test shows Canada sending toxic horse meat to Europeans but on it goes
Horse Meat is Ugly: Defeat horse slaughter where it eventually leads, the dinner table
Every 5 Minutes an American Horse is Slaughtered for Human Consumption Be part of the historical movement to defeat horse slaughter where it eventually leads — the dinner table. EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN La viande de cheval, ça pue We are so excited to announce that after months of work, we are about to embark on our… Continue reading Horse Meat is Ugly: Defeat horse slaughter where it eventually leads, the dinner table
My saddlebags are packed, now where should I live?
Written by JENNY SHARP With the world economic climate as it is, things are looking grim for horses, worldwide. Even traditionally horse-friendly countries like Ireland and Spain are seeing an increasingly large number of horses suffering because of the economic downturn. Where previously horses were part of everyday life, they are now becoming a financial… Continue reading My saddlebags are packed, now where should I live?
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