Wild Horse Nation,
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved, on a voice vote, an amendment barring the U.S. Department of Agriculture from hiring horsemeat inspectors – keeping alive the effort to prevent legal horse slaughter from returning to our country.
That’s good news -- but there’s still much to be ... Read More
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The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved, on a voice vote, an amendment barring the U.S. Department of Agriculture from hiring horsemeat inspectors – keeping alive the effort to prevent legal horse slaughter from returning to our country.
Statement from Return to Freedom:
“With today’s bipartisan vote against horse slaughter, the Senate ... Read More
As published by horsetalk.co.nz
The House Appropriations Committee has altered a spending bill in a way that opens the door to the potential slaughter of tens of thousands of captive American wild horses.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) says a few western lawmakers succeeded in getting the committee to ... Read More
As published by The Riverside Press-Enterprise
Advocates for wild horses and burros are condemning an amendment to a House spending bill that allows for wild horses and burros roaming on public lands to be euthanized.
The amendment, offered by Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, continues the ban on selling the animals to ... Read More
Wild Horse Nation,
First, the horrific headline from today: The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment that would allow the Bureau of Land Management to euthanize – shoot – healthy, unadopted wild horses and burros.
As infuriating as that is, as saddening as that is – and it is both -- we cannot give ... Read More
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday passed, on a voice vote, an amendment striking protections for wild horses and burros from the interior appropriations bill. Specifically, the amendment removed language that would prevent the Bureau of Land Management from destroying healthy, unadopted wild horses and burros. More than 46,000 captured ... Read More