All Horses | September 24, 2008
Disturbing news. I recommend you listen to the accompanying audio linked to the second article below.
The Animal Agriculture Alliance has learned that the horribly misguided and misleadingly named Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R. 6598), a bill which would criminalize the sale and transportation of horses for the purposes of slaughter, was approved and recommended [...]
All Horses | September 3, 2008
What we’ve been saying, verified.
Tough economy, legislation presses horse industry [link]
Joe Scott | Sep 3, 2008
Peggy Goeke said she has a couple of foals from a good brood mare and a hand-picked stallion.
“They have a lot of good breeding and good talent behind them,” Goeke said.
Horses like that used to fetch anywhere from $5,000 to [...]
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 | May 13, 2008
Yes, the auction prices are so bad that some horses do not fetch a high enough bid to cover the cost of consignment, leaving certain desperate owners who could not afford to feed the horse in the first place with yet another debt. There is no longer a need in many areas to “outbid the [...]
