Horse Slaughter Petitions

I was sent an email today in regards to a new petition about reopening the slaughter plants for horse slaughter. The petition has some rather emotional statements intermixed with some facts. The problem I have with this petition is the assumptions made about starving horses and the reasons behind it. So I looked [...]

State of the Horse Market

Here is a news story from Iowa and one of the Horse Sale barns located there and their experience with horse prices and the state of the horse market there –> Horse market could be in trouble, local experts say
Here is a quote from Devon Mullet, owner of the Kalona Sale Barn
Mullet estimated 30 percent [...]

AVMA position on Horse Transport for slaughter

OK here is an interesting take from a news article from JAVMA (the AVMA journal) in support of the transportation bill. OK it is not direct support just kind of a weak implication that they are supporting the Department of Agriculture’s “looking into” its commercial horse transportation regulations. The press release–> Changes proposed to horse [...]

Horse Slaughter in the news again

Horse slaughter is an issue that really gets people going and it is back in the news yet again.
Our friends over at Veterinarians for Equine Welfare (http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org) have issued a press release yesterday with some very interesting detective work. Here is a portion of the Press Release -
“The AVMA is part of a coalition misleadingly [...]

Veterinarians for Equine Welfare

Here is another resource for those of you needing more information about the Horse Slaughter debate. The Veterinarians for Equine Welfare is a group of veterinarians in support of the ban on horse slaughter and the AHSPA.
I looked at their site and it has a lot of good quality information. Some of the information can [...]

Horse Slaughter the other side

In an effort to show that I am not pro-slaughter, but rather I have a concern for the horses welfare after the act passes; I want to post some comments made to yesterdays post. They contain statements that bring questions to the AVMA’s position.
Personally I believe we should not be slaughtering horses for the same [...]

Horse Slaughter in the US Revisited

Well do not shoot the messenger on this one, but I am going to return to the discussion of Horse Slaughter in the United States. Why? Because a few days ago the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) weighed in on the topic on their website by answering some FAQs. If you did not know already, [...]

Update on Horse Anti-Slaughter Bill

There was an update about a week ago on the Horse Anti-Slaughter Bill in Illinois and I am sorry to be late in posting this. I read it and forgot to post it to the blog.
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the Anti-Slaughter Bill in Illinois the home of the last operating horse slaughter plant in the [...]

Horse Slaughter Bill and High Gas Prices

So what does the Horse Slaughter Bill and the High Gas Prices have to do with one another? Unwanted Horses!
The Anti-slaughter Horse Bill is one of those topics I like to stay away from, it has passionate people on both sides of the fence and it seems much more FOR the anti-slaughter bill than against [...]