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Wild Horse Sales for Slaughter Breaks Law: California AG
California's top lawyer urges U.S. Forestry officials to rethink a decision that could put some wild horses at risk of going to horse slaughter. The state's law prohibits the possession or sale of horses with the intent of...
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240 Horses Exposed to Deadly EIA from Colorado Kill Pen, 100 Shipped Nationwide
Details emerge as Colorado investigates the location of 240 horses exposed to deadly EIA. Did you buy a horse or was it transported with a kill pen horse? Click for complete details. ...
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Platinum Ticket: 80K American Horses Shipped to Slaughter [VIDEO]
When the film begins, the gray Thoroughbred finds himself injured and emaciated, at a low-end auction, although the viewer gets insight into happier times during the horse's life. Platinum Ticket is purchased along with doze...
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House Committee Approves Killing Wild Horses
The House Appropriations Committee voted to remove language banning the killing of healthy wild horses by 'humane euthanization'....
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House Panel Lifts Horse Slaughter Ban
A House panel voted to lift the ban on horse slaughter. While the barn door is open for horse slaughter in the U.S. the measure has to pass Congress....
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Pennsylvania Governor Signs Tougher Animal Cruelty Bill into Law
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the animal cruelty bill into law meaning tougher penalties for animal abusers....
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NY Senate Passes Animal Protection Measures
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Anti-Doping Authority Introduced in Horseracing Integrity Act
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BLM Budget Proposal Seeks to Euthanize Wild Horses
If approved, it would allow the BLM to use "humane euthanasia and [the] unrestricted sale of certain excess animals". Congress barred the BLM in 2010 from euthanizing healthy animals....
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Tennessee Legislation Allows Equine Massage Therapists to Work Legally
Tennessee law now allows equine massage therapists to massage their customer's horses without a veterinarian license....
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19 Horses Killed when Horse Trailer Flips in Mississippi
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Did Animal Cruelty Cause Horse’s Death at Auction?
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Soring Rule to Eliminate Big Lick Suspended by Memorandum
A soring rule to eliminate the abusive practice of the "Big Lick" is suspended with other legislation after the inauguration.
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550+ Seized Horses Head to Faith Auction, May Face Slaughter
South Dakota authorities announced the new auction location for horses seized from purported mustang sanctuary operator Karen Sussman. It comes after Philip Livestock Auction received threats making a change of venue to Fait...
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9 Kill Pen Horses Dead in Texas Trailer Accident
A Texas traffic accident involving a Thompson's kill pen horse hauler leaves 9 of 14 horses dead Saturday morning.
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Thoroughbreds Dumped at New Holland Mutilated with Acid
The Pennsylvania SPCA is investigating a case of animal cruelty after three Thoroughbreds were discovered at the New Holland Auction with mutilated upper lips. ...
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Trailer Accident Kills 10 Horses in Tennessee
A traffic accident involving a slaughter horse hauler killed 10 of 30 horses in a tractor trailer. ...
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Horse Tendons Latest Anti-Aging Secret?
The aesthetic market is always changing as customers look for the next best thing in anti-aging. The latest treatment to market is a protein injection made from horse tendons....
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$100K Bounty after Wild Horses Killed at Madeleine Pickens’ Sanctuary
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Recipient Mares: Breeding Blood Sport?
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Thoroughbred Mutilation Leads to Race for Truth
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Horse Slaughter Defunding Extended
Congress released an omnibus spending bill Wednesday that extends the defunding of horse slaughter through fiscal year 2016....
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Forest Service Withdraws Plans to Remove Salt River Wild Horses
The Salt River Wild Horses will continue to roam free. According to the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group, the U.S. Forest withdrew its plans to roundup freely roaming equines in the Tonto National Forest along the Salt...
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Debbie Stephens’s Jumper Slaughtered on Florida Farm
Authorities say a top show jumping horse was killed at Imperial Farms Equestrian Center in Florida. It happened at the Palmetto stable sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning....
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1700+ Wild Horses Sent to Slaughter: Report
More than 1700 wild mustangs were slaughtered in Mexico over a four-year period after being purchased from the Bureau of Land Management by a Colorado rancher, a federal report confirms....
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Anti-Soring Bill Reintroduced to Congress
Two veterinarians serving in Congress brought a bill forward last week with the goal of eradicating the practice of soring horses. Representatives Ted Yoho (R-FL) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) re-introduced the Prevent All Soring...
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House Committee Blocks Defunding of Horse Slaughter
The House Appropriations Committee defeated an effort to extend the ban of horse slaughter on American soil. The amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill was offered by Rep. Sam Farr, a Democrat from California....
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Bill Reintroduced in Attempt to Say Whoa to Horse Soring
Two senators are supporting a bill that could end the cruel practice of horse soring. Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) reintroduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act (S. 1121) last week....
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SAFE Act: Would Ban Slaughter of U.S. Horses for Food
Lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the re-establishment of horse slaughter operations within the United States. The bill would also end the current export of American horses for slaughter in Canada and Mexico....
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European Union Suspends Horsemeat Imported from Mexico
The European Commission has imposed a suspension on the import of horsemeat from Mexico. The move comes after a series of audits by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) to evaluate measures taken by Mexican authorities to pr...
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