Horse Neglect still on the rise
June 1, 2008 by Daniel Beatty DVM · Leave a Comment
Horse neglect has been on the rise for the last few years. The majority of neglect cases are actually ignorance rather than true neglect. Many experts in the Horse Welfare community are of the opinion that it is not the closing of the slaughter plants that have increased the number of neglect cases. Rather the [...]
Horse Slaughter in the news again
November 29, 2007 by Daniel Beatty DVM · 23 Comments
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 [...]
Horse Slaughter Bill and High Gas Prices
May 17, 2007 by Daniel Beatty DVM · 43 Comments
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 [...]
