17
January
2008
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Episode Topics: Rancher rides across America on horseback, the AAEP has added new horse owner articles, National Animal Identification System article, Ford recalls diesel trucks, How-to: Bandaging a Wound.
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7
January
2008
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I felt it was necessary to comment on the horse slaughter prevention bill.
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7
January
2008
Reported in the Wall Street Journal on January 7, 2008.
“Across the U.S., the number of horses whose owners won’t or can’t properly care for them is mushrooming. Spurred by retiring baby boomers and their penchant for second homes in the country, horse ownership boomed in the U.S. over the past decade.”
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6
January
2008
Below is an excerpt from an article posted at the American Veterinary Medical Association. To read the complete article please go to: http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan08/080115a.asp .
Read the AVMA position statement on S 311 the “Horse Protection Act”.
Since all three U.S. horse slaughter operations were ordered closed last year, the number of horses exported to Mexico for slaughter has exploded. As of Dec. 20, 2007, 44,475 horses had been shipped to Mexico for processing for human consumption compared with 10,783 shipped at the same time in 2006—a 312 percent increase.
Especially troubling is the treatment of the horses once they cross the border into Mexico. In October, the Humane Society of the United States released a video showing the brutal stabbing death of a fully conscious horse at a Mexican slaughter facility. “It is time for this carnage to end,” said Nancy Perry, HSUS vice president of government affairs, who called on Congress to close the border to horse slaughter exports.
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3
January
2008
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