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This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.
Superficially, it resembled the Black-chinned Sparrow of the southwestern UnitedStates with its gray chest and chestnut streaked with black back. As the old saying goes, “when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras” This is not an easy bird, but it is expected.
6598) is a bill that criminalizes the sale and transportation of horses for slaughter. According to a statement from the AQHA, “The majority of horses processed for slaughter in the UnitedStates [prior to slaughterhouse closures in this country] were no longer viable for their intended use, unmanageable or simply unwanted by their owners.
Mike Beebe has signed into law new animal-cruelty restrictions that make aggravated cruelty to cats, dogs and horses a felony on the first offense. Arkansas becomes the 46th state to make cruelty to animals a felony, according to the Humane Society of the UnitedStates.
To the Editor: As sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act , we take issue with Christa Weil’s views on the horsemeat industry ( Op-Ed , March 5). The horse slaughter industry in the UnitedStates has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty.
I have one older riding horse and occasionally some laying hens. And I would have to make a report to the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture any time a hen gets out and runs onto the neighbor’s property, or pay a $1,000 fine. To the Editor: Re “ Plan for Tracking Animals Meets Farmers’ Resistance ” (news article, Dec.
The proposition outlaws raising pregnant sows in gestation crates and raising calves in veal crates , making Arizona the first state in the Union to ban veal crates. September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. News flash: Slaughtering horses does not promote their welfare.
And, there is a fairy named Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a superhero named The Moth, appropriately from Dark Horse Comics, the poor cousin to the two big comic book companies. The group’s name is in honor of the moths attracted to porch lights in evenings gone by, when storytellers would sit and tell tales on these porches.
50 surviving horses were rescued. The Humane Society of the UnitedStates, SPCA of East Texas and Humane Society of North Texas worked with the Smith County District Attorney's Office to rescue 50 horses from a Lindale property. Rescuers also found several dead horses and numerous equine skeletons on site.
" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Let's deconstruct: The facts of the case: "Emaciated horses eating bark off trees. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. Horses subsisting on feces, walking among carcasses.
A recent study has documented a rise in the number of turbine-related eagle deaths in the UnitedStates. . The use of wind turbines, often deployed on large scale in “wind farms,” has many benefits–wind power is a renewable resource with minimal impact on the environment. Except for birds, that is.
It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife.
This illness is particularly dangerous since it can infect both humans and horses, causing damage to the central nervous system. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. This illness is another strain of encephalitis that affects horses alone.
When I look at the Humane Society of the UnitedStates ' statement on rodeos, I feel much better. Just be honest about your goal and campaign for it! I don't get the overwhelming feeling that anyone is on the side of the animals, here. But the HSUS is by no means an animal-rights organization; it is an animal welfare organization.
To the Editor: An addendum should be made to your editorial ’s point that all horses deserve the “generosity of conscience” that was expended to save Barbaro. Just days before Barbaro was humanely put down, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was reintroduced in Congress.
and Mexican officials agreed to a pre-clearance inspection and treatment protocol to keep New World screwworm from entering the UnitedStates in livestock and horses. Trade is resuming since U.S.
Horses bolted. Bachman’s Warblers were seen so infrequently that they are probably known more for being extinct than as an integral part of the ecology of the southern UnitedStates and Cuba, but it would be interesting to still have them around. Children screamed and ran for home. … Day was turned to dusk.
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