Critter News

MAY 3, 2009

Montana has passed a law making it difficult to challenge the building of a horse slaughtering facility in that state. Judicial review of equine slaughter or processing facilities -- surety bond -- attorney fees -- venue. (1) Tags: horse slaughter. The last such facility in the US closed in 2007.

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Montana Horses Horse Slaughter Slaughter 100

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

And no matter how special we claim horses are, they're only special if they're still worth something (to us. Butcher (no joke) from Montana: " “No one has to send a horse to a processing plant. It’s just an option for horses that are unusable. Financially).

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Horse Slaughter Horses Unwanted Horses Slaughter 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

To the Editor: An addendum should be made to your editorial ’s point that all horses deserve the “generosity of conscience” that was expended to save Barbaro. Just days before Barbaro was humanely put down, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was reintroduced in Congress.

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New York Times New York Horse Slaughter Slaughter 40

Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2011

For the coalition, it was added evidence there needs to be a ban on horse meat for more than just health reasons. They call the process unethical. The video was sent by a source inside the slaughterhouse.

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Horses Meat Laws Animal Rights 100

Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2011

"Basically, it would mandate that humane societies and horse rescue operations would have to accept a horse if one was presented to them, or they would face a class four misdemeanor," said Larson. If they don't want us to process horses, what are we supposed to do?". I'm giving them an alternative.

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Nebraska Horses Legislation Animal Welfare Act 100