Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

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

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Cruelty Farm Bureau Horses Legislation 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. But as of right now there is nowhere in the United States where a birder can see a chicken and count it on his or her list despite the fact that there is a well established and long lasting Feral Chicken population in the Florida Keys.

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Chickens Florida Feral Species 197

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

To the Editor: As sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act , we take issue with Christa Weil’s views on the horsemeat industry ( Op-Ed , March 5). The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty.

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New York Times Horse Slaughter New York Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

Just days before Barbaro was humanely put down, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was reintroduced in Congress. In an incredible juxtaposition to the fanfare of Barbaro, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered last year in the United States and shipped to Europe and Japan for human consumption.

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New York Times New York Horse Slaughter Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

At the time of slaughter, these frightened animals are inhumanely loaded onto trucks and shipped long distances to the slaughterhouse without food or water or protection from the elements. Even those actively involved in the industry typically admit that these modern animal rearing practices cause animals severe pain and stress.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147