Bill Would Retain Horse Depreciation Scale
The Blood-Horse Staff
May 31, 2013
The bill would make permanent the depreciation schedule for racehorses set to expire at the end of the year.
The bill would make permanent the depreciation schedule for racehorses set to expire at the end of the year.
The bill would forbid the use of action devices and increase penalties for anyone convicted of soring horses.
The legislation would provide a stable flow of resources for the National Animal Health Laboratory Network.
Vets who make farm calls to treat horses currently risk prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act.
The groups say they’ll challenge horse processing plant inspection permits granted by the USDA.
The bill would amend the Horse Protection Act by imposing stiffer penalties on anyone who sores a horse.
Funding for inspections at horse processing plants would be eliminated under a request in the budget proposal.
The USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service will increase inspections of imported meat.
USDA inspections at U.S. horse processing plants will be funded through September 2013.
R.J. Layher’s responsibilities will include equine health and welfare issues.
The legislation would outlaw the export of horses for processing and the export of U.S.-produced horsemeat.
The Equine Tax Parity Act would make horses eligible for capital gains treatment after 12 months.
The organization was founded to aid in the fight to preserve the right to ride horses on public lands.
Kentucky horse breeding farms are now eligible to apply for federal relief from agriculture-related disasters.
Former Quarter Horse breeder Rita Crundwell will serve nearly 20 years for embezzling $53 million.
APHIS took this action after reviewing probable causes of CEM outbreaks in the United States.
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