Congressional Cabal Targeted in EWA Ad Campaign
By Steven Long
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Chicago based Equine Welfare Alliance continued its national assault on five politicians the day after New Years with a strongly worded press release targeted toward the national media and members of Congress. The release went out under the names of EWA...
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HERMISTON, OR (United Horsemen) – We have some big changes to announce, with more to come in the coming days and weeks. You already know that we are working hard every day to make a real difference for horses, and for horse people. Now we are reorganizing our leadership, streamlining our organization, implementing new...
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Billboard Plea to Save Horses Up In 24 Cities Coast to Coast
By Steven Long
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Chicago based Equine Welfare Alliance launched the most sophisticated assault yet against the return of equine slaughterhouses with a 90 screen breakout ad to be shown within 10 minutes of the opening credits of Steven Spielberg’s “War...
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HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Horseback Online has been flooded with requests to print the entire list of substances prohibited by the European Union in meat shipped abroad for food. The following is the list sent to Canadian authorities this year when concerns were raised about horse meat coming from animals raised in the United...
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By Steven Long
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch broke a story Wednesday certain to raise European eyebrows about the safety of American meat being exported from Canadian slaughterhouses. A report from the Canadian Horse Defense Coalition cites undercover surveillance and sloppy reporting, and perhaps falsification of birth records, health, and ownership...
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By Steven Long
HOUSTON, (Horseback) – The Obama White house has acknowledged profound opposition to reinstatement of federally funded meat inspectors in American slaughterhouses that process horses.
In an official statement that came late Tuesday on the federally recognized “Day of the Horse,” Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of...
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Setting the Record Straight on Congress’ Lifting of the Ban on Horse Slaughter
Posted by Phil Derfler, Deputy Administrator for Food Safety and Inspection Service, on December 9, 2011 at 3:20 PM
WASHINGTON, (USDA) – There has been a lot of talk in the past week about Congress’ lifting of the ban prohibiting federal funding for...
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American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act would prevent transport of
horses to slaughter for human consumption
NEW YORK, (ASPCA) — Following the passage of the 2012 Agricultural Appropriations bill, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is urging support of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 2966/S 1176), which would stop...
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HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Pro horse processing followers of Wyoming GOP State Rep Sue Wallis demonstrated a woeful ignorance of the nation’s libel laws inFacebook postings on the group’s United Horsemen ”closed” Facebook website the day before Thanksgiving. Among those posting was Dave Duquette, currently listed on the Internet site as the group’s president.
The target was respected anti-slaughter...
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“No horses were mistreated in plants. Ever.”
CHICAGO, (EWA) – Guess who? I’ve come to realize that Wallis hasn’t gone from ridiculous to absurd but from telling tall tales to small lies to big lies. She is a chronic liar and can’t tell the truth that is right in front of her. Doesn’t it sound...
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