All Horses | August 23, 2008
Both feral and domesticated.
Oregon’s horse population outpaces ability to care for them [link]
Richard Cockle | Aug 23, 2008
Joan Steelhammer planned to care for 35 unwanted and neglected horses this summer at her nonprofit central Oregon sanctuary. It didn’t work out that way. Steelhammer’s Equine Outreach on 20 acres near Bend Municipal Airport, is feeding 1 [...]
All Horses | August 1, 2008
Illinois
Horses may become highway hazards [link]
Charles Stanley | Aug 1, 2008
Worried about hitting a deer with your vehicle? In the future, you may have to expand that fear to include horses. Throughout Illinois, including La Salle County, equines left to run at large or abandoned are increasing as owners find them too costly to care [...]
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 [...]
All Horses | June 16, 2008
It’s not right—on so many levels.
Court Rejects Appeal to Illinois Horse Slaughter Ban [link]
Associated Press | June 16 2008
The Supreme Court has declined an appeal from the owners of a horse slaughtering plant who challenged an Illinois law prohibiting the killing of horses for human consumption.
Cavel International Inc. closed its plant in DeKalb, Ill., last [...]
All Horses | May 13, 2008
Who are we to police our neighbor’s dinner plates?
Congress hears results of U.S. horse slaughter ban [link]
Bryan Salvage | May 13, 2008
KANSAS CITY, MO. ― Participants in the Livestock Marketing Association’s fourth annual Washington, D.C. Fly-In said members of Congress are realizing the unintended consequences of closing the last three horse slaughter plants in the [...]
