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Update on Chicago carriage horses seized

All Horses | March 12, 2009

Previous blog entries regarding this case:
http://allhorses.freelief.com/?p=2767
http://allhorses.freelief.com/?p=2773
http://allhorses.freelief.com/?p=2824
Per “Jcc Court” on Facebook:
So, today was the hearing. The city will not drop the charges, so we have to go to trial. Status hearing will be on April 24. In order to get custody of the horses we have to file a separate civil case against [...]

Wyoming: Against animal rights act

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, [...]

Chicago: 6 carriage horses seized (J.C. Cutters)

All Horses | February 7, 2009

I’ll be watching for more details, but from the video shown I could not see any problems with these horses that would warrant seizure.
Horses Found Neglected In Carriage Company Tent [video]
Feb 6, 2009
Animal Care And Control Crews Rescue 6 Horses
A Chicago carriage company is suspected of neglecting six of horses who had little protection during [...]

Animal wrongs.

All Horses | January 21, 2009

I have been against “animal rights” since I first learned what motivates the core philosophy of the agenda: it is anti-human thinking that believes the Earth would be better off if humans were wiped from the face of the planet.
It is an agenda that includes the extermination of pets as founding members feel they would [...]

Montana: slaughter bill questioned.

All Horses | September 17, 2008

More than just a few vets are concerned.
Horse slaughter bill concerns some veterinarians [link]
Billings Gazette/AP | Sep. 17, 2008
The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill today that would send horse owners, dealers or veterinarians to prison if they send a horse to slaughter knowing that the meat may be consumed by [...]

Farm Bureau urges horse owners to act.

All Horses | September 10, 2008

Call and write to oppose H.R. 6598
Horse owners urged to oppose flawed equine welfare bill [link]
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:22 PM MDT
The Montana Farm Bureau is urging Montanans to contact the House Judiciary Committee in opposition of H.R. 6598, deceptively named the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act.
“Now is the time to get off your hands [...]

USA Today editorial on horse overpopulation.

All Horses | August 14, 2008

Regarding humane treatment, more.
Homeless on the range [link]
Mary Zeiss Stange | Aug 14, 2008
Horses are being abandoned by the thousands across the USA. Some are strays, others a result of overbreeding or a sour economy. How should we humanely lessen their numbers?
It’s a climactic scene in the 1962 Kirk Douglas film, Lonely Are the Brave. [...]

Are cows and pigs next? I mean, if slaughter is cruel and all …

All Horses | July 25, 2008

If slaughter is considered animal cruelty, what becomes of the pork and beef industries in this country?

New Federal Horse Slaughter Bill Introduced [link]
Pat Raia | July 25 2008
Legislation introduced July 23 into the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee addresses the horse slaughter issue by linking the practice to animal cruelty and leaving enforcement to [...]

Base value: then $500, now $0

All Horses | July 20, 2008

More of the same.
What to do with excess of animals? [link]
David Zizzo | July 20, 2008
When they no longer want their horses or can’t take care of them, many horse owners try to find new homes for them. But some of the animals end up being slaughtered, horse people say.
“Everybody looks for a way [...]

Horses abandoned to wild suffer

All Horses | July 16, 2008

We’re seeing a rise in neglect, shelters full and owners desperate to find affordable hay … what happens to the horses when the option to sell or even give them away is gone?

Equestrian community still saddled with slaughter debate [link]
Anita Zimmerman | July 16, 2008
The last horse slaughterhouse in the United States has been closed [...]