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Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act Passed House Judiciary

Critter News

It amazes me that legislative business is still being conducted in DC these days, what with the US economic sky falling. 6598) is a bill that criminalizes the sale and transportation of horses for slaughter. Especially animal business. The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act (H.R.

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A Win-Lose Proposition for Farmers and Consumers

Animal Person

People whose careers involve creating, fattening, transporting and slaughtering sentient nonhumans whose parts and secretions will then be used as food are having some financial difficulties. I say stop right there, as Michael Pollan, Mark Bittman and Jonathan Safron Foer could be behind the decrease. Translation? We don't really know.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! But I do think this issue of hunting sandhill cranes goes beyond the right to hunt. Why not just shoot the biggest one? Street, N.W. 20240 And write: Rowan W.

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