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Canada and European Union Bans American Horsemeat
Animals  (tags: canada, european union, ban horse meat, horse welfare, ban horse slaugher, horses suffering )

Simone
- 111 days ago - prweb.com
For decades, the gourmet diners of Europe and Japan have eaten American horse meat poisoned by chemical contamination. The horse flesh exporting by unscrupulous producers and horse slaughter plants will come to an end in April of 2010. The new rules
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Please Help Us to Ban Jumps Racing as 4 Horses Die in Days- Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: jump racing, australia, states, victoria, south australia, cruelty, horses suffering, horses killed )

Simone
- 208 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Jumps racing is a cruel and dangerous sport. Horses are forced to run at high speeds and jump obstacles as part of a spectacle. The jumps racing issue has recently exploded as 13 horses died last year, and another 4 have died withing 4 days in 2009!
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New Congress, Same Issues for Equine Industry
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animalwelfare, cruelty, endangered, environment, habitat, horses suffering, horse slaughter, killed, killing, protection, sadness, slaughter, suffering )

Kit
- 252 days ago - equinejustice.org
In the last Congress, several bills were introduced to prohibit the shipping, transporting, or sale of horses for slaughter for human consumption, including the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act and the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act.
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Montana Legislator Sponsors 'Butcher Bill' to Allow Horse Slaughterhouses
Animals  (tags: montana, sponsors, horse slaugher, horse slaughter plant, horses suffering, laws, horse advocates )

Simone
- 290 days ago - foxnews.com
Print ShareThisHELENA, Mont. -- A Montana legislator is sponsoring a bill that would clear the way for a horse slaughterhouse in the state, if investors want to build one. The United States no longer has a slaughterhouse where horses are processed,
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Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages in Chicago- PETITION
Animals  (tags: carriage horse, ban horse drawn carriages, horses suffering, abused, chicago, horse welfare, horse advocates )

Simone
- 290 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Carriage horses in large cities like Chicago live nose-to-tailpipe existences; they are forced to breath in the deadly fumes from car exhaust pipes daily, as they weave their way through the streets. The horses pull heavy carts - weighing 700-800 pounds
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Runaway Costs of Horse Rescue
Animals  (tags: horses, horse rescue, horse owners, economy, skyrocketing feed prices, horses suffering )

Betty
- 313 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
About a year and a half ago, Katie Merwick noticed the phone ringing a lot more at Second Chance Ranch, the horse-rescue outfit she runs. "I don't want my horse anymore," callers would say. "I can't afford it. Can you take it? What do I do?"
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PLZ TAKE ACTION; Stopping Cruel Horse Transports
Animals  (tags: legislation, bill, laws, horse welfare, banning double decker transport, horses suffering, horse advocates, horse cruelty, protection )

Simone
- 317 days ago - animallawcoalition.com
Representatives Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) have wasted no time in introducing at the start of the 111th Congress a bill, H.R. 305, Horse Transportation Safety Act, which would ban the use of double decked trailers for all horse
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ACTION ALERT;End Carriage Horse Rides in New York City
Animals  (tags: horse carriages, horses abused, winter months, horses suffering, horse welfare, new york city, authorities, protection )

Simone
- 335 days ago - all-creatures.org
Please note these Carriage Horse regulations for winter months that are not being enforced: NYC Administrative Code - § 17-330 - o.1 Carriage horses shall not be worked whenever the air temperature is 18 degrees Fahrenheit or below. NYC Charter -
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Filly Eight Belles Breaks Down After 2nd-Place Derby Finish - EarthLink - Top News
Animals  (tags: sadness, animalwelfare, society, animalcruelty, AnimalWelfare, killing, suffering, environment, horses racing, horses suffering )

Thunderr
- 573 days ago - enews.earthlink.net
The filly Eight Belles finished second behind favorite Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday,then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after crossing the wire,then collapsed with two broken front ankles and was euthanized after
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Equine Influenza - Know the Facts!
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, horses, horses suffering )

Emmanuel
- 625 days ago - abcarticledirectory.com
Equine influenza ('flu') is one of the main respiratory infections affecting horses
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Outsourcing Horse Slaughter Makes Cruelty Worse.
Animals  (tags: horse slaughter, horses suffering, cruelty, torture, ban horse slaughter )

Simone
- 789 days ago - chron.com
The great majority of horse owners would never let their horses be slaughtered for meat. They recognize the duty to treat their animals humanely for the entire length of their lives. But owners who send aging horses to auction might not know that
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