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Court Declares Horse Slaughter in U.S. Illegal
United States District Court Judge, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, held that the slaughter of horses in America violates federal law. In her opinion, which was published in a 51-page finding issued in response to a lawsuit filed in February 2006 by the Soci ... Read the full article

T. Boone Pickens Takes on Horse Slaughter Issue with Congress
DALLAS, July 24 /PRNewswire/Starting this week, Congress will consider legislation making the slaughter of horses illegal in the U.S. A life-long animal lover, T. Boone Pickens, founder of BP Capital and Mesa Petroleum, and his wife, Madeleine Picke ... Read the full article

Musicians Release Song to Protest Horse Slaughter
WAMI award winning vocalist Ronnie Nyles and WAMI Nominee songwriter/producer, Debra Lopez release “Racing For Time”, in quest of raising public awareness for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. ... Read the full article

American Veterinary Medical Association Hurting, Not Helping, Horses
Amid claims that animal welfare advocates are to blame for the steep increase in horses going to Mexico for slaughter, the Washington, D.C.-based Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today fired back. The group, which has been at the forefront of the effort to end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption abroad, pointed the finger of blame directly at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) for its culpability in the suffering of American horses. ... Read the full article

Texas Ruling Against Horse Slaughter Confirmed by Federal Court of Appeals
In affirming the January 2007 panel decision to uphold a Texas state law making it illegal to sell, possess and transport horsemeat for sale for human consumption, the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has rejected the two Texas-base ... Read the full article

AHC Supports Tightening of Slaughter Horse Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC - The American Horse Council has told the U.S. Department of Agriculture that it supports the Department’s proposal to amend the regulations governing the commercial transportation of equines for slaughter. The proposed changes would ... Read the full article

Nation's Highest Court Ends Legal Battle Over Horse Slaughter in Texas
United States Supreme Court Rejects Final Appeal by Texas Horse Slaughter Industry (May 22, 2007)-Today, The Humane Society of the United States, which has been campaigning to ban the slaughter of American horses for export for human consumption, ... Read the full article

Nick Zito and Bo Derek Lead National Coalition's Efforts Urging Americans to Stop Horse Slaughter in America
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Very few Americans know that thousands of our horses are slaughtered each year for human consumption or that such an industry even exists in this country. The industry is fed by middlemen, known in the industry ... Read the full article

Rescue Group Plans to Save 25 Horses from Slaughter in Ohio
On November 23, 2007, Pure Thoughts Horse and Foal Rescue saved 82 horses from going to slaughter for human consumption. They would have been shipped to Mexico and endured a tortuous death. ... Read the full article

McCain Joins Race to End Horse Slaughter
WASHINGTON – Senator John McCain (R-AZ) joined the race against horse slaughter by co-sponsoring legislation that would effectively ban the practice. Also adding their support this week were Senators Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY). I ... Read the full article

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act Passes U.S. House of Representatives
T. Boone Pickens Applauds U.S. Reps for Protecting Horses, Urges Senate to do the Same DALLAS, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by T. Boone Pickens: The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503), a bipartisan b ... Read the full article

Groups Condemn Legislation to Legalize Horse Slaughter in Texas
Within a day of the U.S. Court of Appeals' rejection of a petition from two foreign-owned horse slaughterhouses in Texas seeking to remain open, a Texas lawmaker has already introduced a bill to repeal the 1949 state law banning the sale and possessi ... Read the full article

American Horse Defense Fund: U.S. Horse Slaughter Will Halt
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The brutal horse slaughter industry in the U.S. was dealt an appropriate and overdue blow on Wednesday, October 26 when the US House and Senate Agricultural Appropriations Committee retained the amendment that will ... Read the full article

Last Remaining U.S. Horse Slaughter Plant is Shut Down
(May 24, 2007) – Slaughtering horses for human consumption is now prohibited under a new Illinois law signed today by Governor Rod Blagojevich. The Humane Society of the United States praised lawmakers for enacting the legislation, which closes the o ... Read the full article

Horse Slaughter for Profit: Our Country Says This is Okay?
Senator Goodlatte made a statement that the horse rescues in our country can only take in 7000 horses. Where did these numbers come from, what research was done? With all the funding in our government, is there not enough to hire someone to do proper research? This is far from the truth. Our one rescue takes in 250 to 300 horses a year. The horses do not live here forever. They are rehabbed if needed and then re-homed. Many do not need rehabbing; they just need to find a good home. There are over 550-horse rescues in the country, his numbers do not add up. Lest not forget the over 10,000 organization that are equine based or use equines in their program, some have memberships of over 5 million and we have over 4.6 million horse owners in the US. You want us to believe the horses cannot be absorbed and utilized. That is a lie. Yes some horses are old and infirmed and need to be put down but we have learned that is less than 5% of the horses going to slaughter every year. Based on last years figures of horse slaughter that would account for 4500 horses per year. You want an answer to that? Responsible horse owners should have enough money (approximately $125 to $200) to humanely euthanize their horses. If you do not have the funds for that, possibly you should not own a horse. How can we have laws in our country that are based on incorrect facts and figures? ... Read the full article

Survival of Wild Horses & Burros Threatened
Current Legislation allows Sale for Slaughter SHINGLETOWN, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine nearly 40,000 wild horses and burros roaming free on public lands throughout the U.S., as they have for hundreds of years. Now imagine thousands of t ... Read the full article

Congress Addressing Horse Slaughter Cruelty in New Federal Legislation
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has introduced legislation to ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption overseas, as well as the export of American horses to other countries for slaughter. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) introduced the bill, H.R. 6598, known as the Conyers-Burton Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008. ... Read the full article

USDA Defies Congressional Ban on Horse Slaughter
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's leading horse protection nonprofit, the American Horse Defense Fund, is outraged that the USDA and three European-owned horse slaughter plants in the US have thwarted the will of Congress and the Ameri ... Read the full article

Appaloosa Horse Club Board Votes to Oppose Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
MOSCOW, IDAHO- The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) Board of Directors voted in a Dec. 5th, 2006 meeting to oppose passage of Senate Bill1915 (H.R. 503), the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. According to President Dennis Dean, “ApHC agrees with ot ... Read the full article

Saved From Slaughter, Stakes Winner Go Mikey Go Returns Home
Go Mikey Go, the 1998 Albany Handicap winner, who was saved from slaughter by the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, will be honored prior to this year's running of the stakes race for 3-year-old New York breds at Saratoga Race Course. The now 11 ... Read the full article