Archive for May, 2011

House Committee Strips Funding for Federal Meat Inspectors Again

May 31, 2011
House Committee Strips Funding for Federal Meat Inspectors Again

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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USDA Releases Second EHV-1 Situation Report

May 31, 2011
USDA Releases Second EHV-1 Situation Report

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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Horses Treated at New Bolton After Tragic Pennsylvania Barn Fire, Six Dead

May 31, 2011

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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Horse Dentists Win, Vets Lose – Equine Dentistry Now Legal in Texas

May 30, 2011
Horse Dentists Win, Vets Lose – Equine Dentistry Now Legal in Texas

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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Washington Group Calls Alert on Ag Comm. Meat Inspector Slight of Hand

May 30, 2011
Washington Group Calls Alert on Ag Comm. Meat Inspector Slight of Hand

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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Press Freedom vs BLM Suit Goes to the Ninth Circuit

May 30, 2011
Press Freedom vs BLM Suit Goes to the Ninth Circuit

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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Horseback Pays Tribute to the Great War Horses of the Past

May 30, 2011
Horseback Pays Tribute to the Great War Horses of the Past

  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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Track Record Falls at Another Track

May 30, 2011
Track Record Falls at Another Track

  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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“Saving America’s Horses” Film to Screen in Hollywood in Early July

May 29, 2011

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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Guest Editorial: Groundwater Ownership Bill a Win for Landowners

May 28, 2011
Guest Editorial: Groundwater Ownership Bill a Win for Landowners

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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