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  Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation on Thursday commended the Senate Appropriations Committee for approving, on a voice vote, an amendment keeping alive the effort to prevent the cruel and costly industry of horse slaughter from returning to the United States. “With today’s bipartisan vote against horse slaughter, the Senate Appropriations ... Read More
July 20, 2017AnnieFannie
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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
July 20, 2017AnnieFannie
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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
July 20, 2017AnnieFannie
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
July 20, 2017AnnieFannie
  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
July 19, 2017AnnieFannie
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  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
July 19, 2017AnnieFannie