Discussions about the welfare of our equine friends
Members of the House Committees on Agriculture and Energy and Commerce yesterday (Jan. 25) released a statement to Congress urging legislators to vote against the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which was re-introduced into the House an
A dead horse, which floated down a New Zealand river and onto the beach at Whakatane Heads, presented a disposal challenge for local environment officials, reported New Zealand newspaper
“BioFuels Energy: Animal Agriculture at the Crossroads” will be the theme of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Annual Meeting, April 2-5, in Sacramento, Calif., at the Hyatt Regency.
“With all of the emphasis on
The city of Carlsbad, Calif., is suing one of its planning commissioners after he failed to pay $1,600 in fines and late fees for horse manure odor,
Taking a get-tough stance, the California Horse Racing Board moved forward with its sweeping overhaul of the state?s equine drug policies including the first ban of so-called ?designer? anabolic steroids.
At its monthly meeting Jan. 23,
The Humane Society of the United States has called on American and Delta airlines to stop shipping horsemeat from slaughterhouses in Texas to Europe and Asia for human consumption. The request comes on the heels of a federal appeals court ruling
A bill that would create immigration reform specifically for agriculture workers was reintroduced in Congress by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and Republican Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho.
The “Agriculture Job
A group of horse shelter operators have joined together to create the Maine Equine Wellness Cooperative, a network to recruit people willing to help, raise funds, and educate new horse owners, reported
Pfizer Inc. said Monday that it will close its research and development facilities in Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, Mich., affecting thousands of jobs.
But the drugmaker said it would continue to maintain manufacturing and animal-health
Florida officials released the equine herpesvirus (EHV) quarantine on the Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex on Jan. 20. The facility was the last of 10 to be released from state-mandated quarantine.
The last official quarantine due
Once wanted just for their meat, about two dozen horses that survived a trailer wreck are ready for adoption.
The animals were headed to an Illinois slaughterhouse in September when the truck overturned on Interstate 44 between Sullivan and
The Equine Studies Program in the University of Maryland’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Grant funding was awarded to purchase collection harness bags
The owners of two horse slaughtering plants in Texas are considering whether to challenge a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a Texas law that banned horse slaughter for the purpose of selling the meat for food.
The ruling involve
A federal appeals court in Houston has ruled that horse slaughter is illegal in Texas, home to two of the nation’s three processing plants.
The decision, issued on Jan. 19th by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans,
State and federal officials are looking into allegations that wild horses taken from public range are being mistreated on a private Albany County, Wyo., ranch.
Marty Griffith, Bureau of Land Management deputy director in Wyoming, said
The use of clenbuterol and the potential elimination of anabolic steroids were the primary subjects of two meetings Thursday at Santa Anita. California Horse Racing Board Chairman Richard Shapiro, executive director Ingrid Fermin, and equine
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