While NetPosse.com's primary focus is not horse slaughter we believe horse theft and slaughter go hand in hand and is a very important issue, especially to anyone who is missing their horse. Provided below are:
Once you are finished with this page you will have an education you will never forget. Be careful if you are very faint at heart. Some of the links are very graphic. Our purpose on this page is to offer educational information so that horse owners form their own opinions about horse slaughter. We invite people from both sides of the slaughter issue to submit articles and links to be added to this page. Send your link info to mailto:stolenhorse@netposse.com?subject=slaughter_info_link
HR 503 PASSES--FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL - See how your state representative voted on the Horse Protection Act 9-7-06
HR 503 NEWS LINKS - Readers are sending in news links of all kinds to SHI. We invite you to research these links and send us ones you feel are important concerning both sides of this heated issue.
SAVING THE HORSES - Americans Wake Up To Equine Abuse
BY ALICYN LEIGH 08/31/2006 10:45 am - Imagine traveling to Japan, Belgium or France, sitting down to dine in a fine restaurant and finding that the special on the menu is American Thoroughbred. In 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 94,037 horses were slaughtered for human consumption at the three foreign-owned horse slaughter plants in this country (two in Texas and one in Illinois). (Continue to article)
UPDATE! HORSES SAFE FROM SLAUGHTER FOR 2006! - he Horse Slaughter Amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill was approved by the Agricultural Appropriations Conference Committee!
Sweeter: It’s time to stop beating this dead horse - By Wendy Sweeter
January 4, 2006 2:02 PM CST Since our Nov. 25 issue when we ran our first letter regarding horse slaughter, we have had at least one letter per issue on the subject.
Well, we are starting out the new year with zero horse slaughter letters to the editor.
Victory for America's Horses - Letter from The American Humane Society: Thanks to your amazing work over the past several months, we have made unprecedented progress to protect nearly 100,000 American horses from being slaughtered for human consumption overseas 10/30/05
Dallas Crown lawyer says horse plant would take legal action - 08:27 PM CDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 By JIM GETZ / The Dallas Morning News -- KAUFMAN – The Dallas Crown horse-slaughtering plant, already the target of opponents ranging from its neighbors to Congress, now faces action by a city board that could shut the facility down.
Foals, Yearlings and Mares Bound For Slaughter Need Help; National Group Protects Equines Young and Old from Slaughter - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today many of healthy horses, yearlings and foals will begin their journey to one of the three equine slaughterhouses where they will meet with a cruel and heinous death. Many people are still not aware horses are slaughtered in the US and have no idea of the cruelty involved.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=42951
News Release - Senate Says: Horses—What’s Not For Dinner: Washington, D.C. March 11, 2005— The highlight of the week during which people from across the country came to weigh in with their representatives in the House and Senate, was the introduction of a bill to the Senate by Robert C. Byrd (D-WV). The bill, S. 576, is a companion bill to one introduced recently by Representative Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Ed Whitfileld (R-KY), H. R. 297.
http://www.netposse.com/slaughter/senatesayshorses.htm
Backyard Butcher - PHILADELPHIA (KYW) The last place you might expect to find a backyard butcher is in the middle of a residential community. After a nine-month investigation the I-Team found an illegal slaughterhouse selling horsemeat. If you travel down 47th Street in West Philadelphia you'll find you can buy pounds of horse...click link to continue. Nov 4, 2004 11:15 pm US/Eastern http://kyw.com/special/local_story_309231552.html
A Horse Of Course, by Don Blazer - I love horses…..I don’t want to see them slaughtered. But I can’t support the anti-slaughter campaign. It’s not realistic, it’s based on misplaced emotion and it is effort wasted rather than applied for the good of horses.
http://www.pelham-saddlery.com/horse_column/anti-slaughter-campaigns.html
Backyard Butcher: I-Team Follow Up
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) Philadelphia officials have shut down an illegal slaughterhouse that was operating in the heart of the city. Nov 5, 2004
http://kyw.com/special/local_story_310233602.html
Blood Country... a Texas Shame - This movie is very upsetting. I wouldn't watch it with the kids around. Also, don't watch it if you will be offended - it contains information regarding the slaughter houses in Texas. Some of the scenes are very graphic.
Polls on Horse Slaughter 1995 - 2003 - Summary of poll findings from Equine
Lost Mare at Chickasaw State Park
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