All Horses | February 27, 2009
Sometimes the comments on a news article are a tip that something isn’t quite what it seems. Knowing the media to be far from blameless when it comes to exaggerating the facts, I don’t discount the comments made by the public, who may have a better perspective on the real story.
Starved horses given to local [...]
All Horses | February 26, 2009
Not the usual media article on this one.
Oregon deputies seize 7 neglected horses [link]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Feb. 25, 2009
SHERIDAN — Yamhill County sheriff’s deputies have seized seven malnourished horses north of Sheridan, leading to misdemeanor animal neglect charges against a couple.
Capt. Ken Summers said the department acted on a tip this week and cited 42-year-old [...]
All Horses | February 25, 2009
I’m not a vegan, or vegetarian. I’m not against killing and eating cows, or even against horse slaughter.
But if you are a couple making over $500,000 a year to run an animal sanctuary, and you decide to start killing healthy animals — claiming financial concerns — you’re asking for the backlash you’ve got coming to [...]
All Horses | February 20, 2009
This article shared with me via Twitter:
19 animals taken from farm that started as a rescue [link]
New Hope Farm in New Paris was a venture between friends, but help dwindled as time wore on.
Emily Monacelli | Feb. 18, 2009
NEW PARIS — The rescue organization from which 19 animals were removed Friday started as an effort [...]
All Horses | February 19, 2009
Someone sent me this article on Facebook:
Couple accused of horse neglect
Greg Angel | Feb. 16, 2009
4 horses seized
BENTON TOWNSHIP — A Cheboygan County couple were arrested Monday, accused of neglecting their horses.
The sheriff’s office along with the Cheboygan County Humane Society served a warrant to the couple’s Benton Township home seizing four horses in [...]
All Horses | February 16, 2009
Creating a Squidoo page, called a lens, is a good way to compile information from various news sources that will endure after the media articles expire or otherwise become unavailable.
Here are some examples:
Chicago carriage horses seized
http://www.squidoo.com/chicago-carriage-horses
Horse injured during Obama inauguration festivities
http://www.squidoo.com/mouse-obama-inauguration-horse
When you find wrong information out there in the media, it isn’t always easy to [...]
All Horses | February 15, 2009
These topics and many others are available at AllHorses.us
Suggestions for Horse Issues HQ lenses
All Horses: Issues: Gelding [grab this]
Should I geld my stallion? Reasons for castration, possible complications, treatment of the recently gelded horses.
All Horses: Issues: Horse Whisperers [grab this]
Horse Whisperers, fantastic or fraud? (Don’t forget the Duel module!)
All Horses: Issues: Training aid, or [...]
All Horses | February 12, 2009
From the Casper Star Tribune on Feb. 7:
The Wyoming House gave preliminary approval Friday to a resolution asking Congress not to interfere with the shipment and slaughter of unwanted horses.
House Joint Resolution 8 urges Congress to keep out of state oversight of the transport and processing of horses.
Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse, who introduced the resolution, [...]
All Horses | February 12, 2009
According to KXnet.com article on Feb. 6:
The number of unwanted and neglected horses around the nation is rising and two North Dakota legislators say our state can help.
Representative Rod Froelich and Senator Joe Miller want the state to study a horse processing plant in North Dakota.
The nation’s last three horse slaughter plants closed in [...]
All Horses | February 12, 2009
Seattle Times article from Feb. 11:
Horses caught in economic downturn; feedlot owner has to be picky about the ones he buys for slaughter
As the economy worsens and the cost of caring for horses increases, livestock officials say abandonment is becoming more common. The closing of U.S. slaughterhouses has also had an adverse affect. In the [...]
