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Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act Passed House Judiciary

Critter News

6598) is a bill that criminalizes the sale and transportation of horses for slaughter. According to a statement from the AQHA, “The majority of horses processed for slaughter in the United States [prior to slaughterhouse closures in this country] were no longer viable for their intended use, unmanageable or simply unwanted by their owners.

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On Talking With Veterinarians About Vegan Food

Animal Person

Charles the lame greyhound doesn't process grains well at all. Because Violet and Charles are chock full of medical issues, they have a handful of specialists. No change in anything about her, though I do think she's a bit perkier. Violet the diabetic greyhound does very well as a vegan as her recent blood work demonstrated.

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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

At first the Zulu King Dingaan gained the upper hand by slaughtering a large contingent of Boers (including their leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz) but the infamous Battle of Blood River in 1838 lead to a division of the territory between what was later known as Natal to the south and Zululand to the north.