All Horses | March 15, 2009
Most people who think of PETA usually associate it with the more radical animal rights protesters and controversial views.
“We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States … We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we [...]
All Horses | January 29, 2009
I knew it. It made no sense. And the Los Angeles Times did print a correction to their story:
Correction: We originally stated that “Mouse was hit by a heavy-duty truck.” We’ve since learned that he backed into the truck.
But it is the comments attached to this article that really bring us to the heart [...]
All Horses | September 17, 2008
Updating on H.R. 6598
Some Committee Members Puzzled By Horse Trafficking Bill [link]
CattleNetwork.com | Sep. 17, 2008
Readers have been asking us about the results of the Judiciary Committee’s vote on H.R. 6598, the Equine Cruelty bill. We had alerted readers that the Committee had scheduled a vote for last Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The bill would criminalize the [...]
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 16, 2008
Long read, but a good one.
Should we send horses to slaughter? [link]
RACHEL DUFF | Aug 16, 2008
Rosy Erganian, a therapeutic riding instructor and horse owner from Rocheport, has a barn full of horses that are unwanted by their previous owners.
A couple of these horses were likely headed to slaughter had Erganian not bought them at [...]
All Horses | August 15, 2008
The media can’t get enough of the “plight of the mustang” …
American horses threatened [link]
Jerry Abbott, Kevin Bottrell and Tyler Richards | Aug 15, 2008
BLM currently has the responsibility for the health and management of America’s wild horses and burros. In the past few months, They have sent a distress signal that the current 33,000 [...]
All Horses | July 2, 2008
One can not simply drop a horse off at the county “shelter” or at the end of a dirt road like some do with cats and dogs …
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? [link]
GINNY STEIN, WAYNE LOVE, ASHLEY SMITH, VICKI HANSEN | Jul 2, 2008
Animal rights activists have shut down all slaughterhouses for horses
This week, [...]
All Horses | June 11, 2008
Why not?
Horse slaughter ban causing problems, some owners say [link]
Carol Barrett | June 11, 2008
While at the Washington, D.C., fly-in, the Livestock Marketing Association group met with the chair of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., to discuss the recent horse slaughter ban.
DeLauro’s subcommittee voted to end federal funding for the slaughter [...]
All Horses | January 23, 2008
Long read, but good balanced coverage from outside of these United States.
Views to a kill: The US horse slaughter debate [link]
Lewis Whitehall | January 23, 2008
The United States is home to 9.2 million horses. Each year, according to the Humane Society, an estimated 950,000 of them die by means other than slaughter.
The fate of the [...]
All Horses | January 11, 2008
I have highlighted information I did not want overlooked, and will continue to do this in articles to follow. My own comments will be here at the end, or otherwise noted.
Horses Spared in U.S. Face Death Across the Border [link]
By CATRIN EINHORN | January 11, 2008
SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. — At the weekly horse auction here, No. [...]
