Committee Vote Close, 24 – 21 WASHINGTON, (HSUS) — By a bipartissan vote of 24-21, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee this evening approved an amendment offered by Rep. cytotec drug use Jim Moran, D-Va., to block spending by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to inspect U.S. horse slaughter plants in Fiscal Year 2012. 2007...
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WASHINGTON, (American Horse Council) – USDA has released the second national EHV-1 situation report. abbott depakote A summary of the updated information is as follows: A total of 75 confirmed EHV-1 or EHM cases have been reported in 9 states (AZ, CA, CO, ID, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA) Of the 75 confirmed...
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Barn Fire at Boyd Martin’s Barm WEST GROVE, PA, (PRO) – At 12:30am this morning, a barn fire of unknown cause tragically destroyed Boyd Martin’s barn at True Prospect Farm. Eleven horses were in the barn at the tim Barn Fire at Boyd Martin’s Barn West Grove, PA – May 31, 2011...
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Battle Over Equine Dentists Ends – The Horse Owner Wins By James Hardie AUSTIN, (Horseback) – The seven year battle over whether non-veterinarians can float horses’ teeth is now over. What started as a two paragraph bill to allow non-veterinarians to float horses’ teeth ballooned to a 13 page piece of legislation full of...
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Vote to End Horse Inspections Could Come Tuesday By Chris Hyde, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, (AWI) - Late last week the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved the FY2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill. The language defunding the required USDA inspections of horse slaughter facilities was not included for the first time since 2005, despite strong bipartisan support...
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The Fight Continues for the Public’s Right to Know Plaintiff Laura Leigh pours over documents Attorney Gordon Cowan makes final check of document inventory Late last week the battle to view the government’ cytotec drug use s handling of wild horses and burros went to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 2007 08 09 diflucan...
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By Steven Long HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Over the great panorama of American military history literally millions of horses have been at the side and under U.S. fighting men. They have shed their blood in many cases before their riders were shot as opportunistic snipers took the larger target of the horse and blew...
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OKLAHOMA CITY, (Remington) – The rarely run 100 2007 08 09 diflucan for oral thrush -yard distance at Remington Park always provides plenty of sheer speed and power for the fans witnessing at trackside. Miss Southern Jess came through with plenty of both to win Sunday’s $28,000 Gold Rush Stakes at the distance...
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HOLLYWOOD, (Humanion) “Saving America’s Horses” will screen on Saturday, July 9th at 1:15PM as part of the 8th annual Artivist Film Festival program. The film’s screen will take place at the historic Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California. Michael Blake, Academy Award winning screenwriter for “Dances With Wolves” is scheduled to make a special appearance...
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By: Dan Gattis Photo by Steven Long FORT WORTH (TSCRA) – We have all read the various news accounts during the past several years of government trying to take away our property rights; if not the property itself. It is refreshing, for a change, to finally have government leaders, in the form of the...
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