Landslide U.S. House of Representatives Vote to End Horse Slaughter

U.S. Newswire;  June 9, 2005 ;     363 words ......overwhelmingly in favor of stopping horse slaughter in the United States. Yesterday's...from being used to facilitate all horse slaughter. A previous amendment only prevented...strong last-minute efforts by pro-horse slaughter organizations such as the American...

USDA Defies Congressional Ban on Horse Slaughter.

PR Newswire;  February 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the USDA and three European-owned horse slaughter plants in the US have thwarted the...a congressional directive to stop horse slaughter in the U.S. during 2006. On October...permanently ending the dangerous and cruel horse slaughter industry in the U.S. However, the...

Texas Senate, Without Debate, Inserts Language Legalizing Horse Slaughter...

U.S. Newswire;  May 11, 2007 ;     365 words ......that makes the practice of horse slaughter illegal, without any debate...and to maintain the ban on horse slaughter for human consumption. "Texas citizens overwhelmingly oppose horse slaughter," said Humane Society of the...

Horse slaughter ends in February

DVM;  December 1, 2005 ;     195 words ......amendment that eliminates funding for horse slaughter inspections. The measure was under...The USDA will not have funding for horse slaughter plant inspections from February 2006...inspection services of three U.S. horse slaughter facilities; three are veterinarians...

Texas Legislature Again Rejects Efforts to Legalize Horse Slaughter

U.S. Newswire;  May 29, 2007 ;     505 words ......two of the nation's foreign-owned horse slaughter facilities. For four years, proponents of horse slaughter have tried to overturn a 1949 law...and clear in their opposition to horse slaughter, and elected officials have listened...

House to Vote on Ban of Horse Slaughter

AP Online;  September 7, 2006 ;     361 words ......year. Congress voted in 2005 to stop horse slaughter. But they didn't ban it outright...Thursday on whether to put an end to horse slaughter. Critics call the industry un-American...life when it is no longer useful. If horse slaughter ended in the U.S., plants in Canada...

The HSUS Praises National Conference of State Legislatures for Rejecting...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 29, 2008 ;     284 words ......and Energy Committee rejected the horse slaughter proposal at its meeting this past...horses from slaughter, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311...South Dakota rejected a bill to fund a horse slaughter plant with tax dollars. Other states...

Sending a message on horse slaughter.(EDITORIALS)

The Washington Times;  September 7, 2006 ;     529 words ......wrong when it votes on a bill to ban horse slaughter. The wrong we speak of is the way...Agriculture has ignored a temporary ban on horse slaughter passed last year, despite overwhelming...that last year's ban didn't prevent horse slaughter at all. This is an interesting choice...

Legendary Oilman Testifies Before Congress to Ban Horse Slaughter.

PR Newswire;  July 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......sub-committee today in support of The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503), a strongly...human consumption. I strongly oppose horse slaughter, said T. Boone Pickens, one of Forbes...Madeleine, has launched a crusade to end horse slaughter, told House sub-committee ...

Don't ban horse slaughter in Illinois; It's necessary, more humane than...

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 1, 2007 ;     487 words ...With the reality of anti-horse slaughter legislation passing, I would...horses are slaughtered. Banning horse slaughter in Illinois, or in the United States as a whole, will not stop horse slaughter. Horses that would have had a...

BAN ON HORSE SLAUGHTER PASSES HOUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2006 ;     337 words ......in the House of Representatives to ban horse slaughter, serving as a whip for the legislation's supporters. The bill, the "American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act" (H.R. 503) bans horse slaughter for consumption in the U.S. and passed...

REP. SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR END TO HORSE SLAUGHTER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......passage of H.R. 503, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, a bill she sponsored...support of H.R. 503, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which would put an...expressed its desire to put an end to horse slaughter by voting to amend the FY06 Agriculture...

The Humane Society of the United States Responds to Rumor of Horse...

U.S. Newswire;  March 16, 2007 ;     622 words ......fear mongering by a foreign-owned horse slaughter industry which is on its last legs...baseless concerns about a proposed ban on horse slaughter for human consumption. At the annual...delicacy. These claims made by the horse slaughter industry's lobbyists have no basis...

Distorting the record on horse slaughter.(LETTERS)

The Washington Times;  April 17, 2006 ;     220 words ......to my April 7 Op-Ed column against horse slaughter. Instead of pointing out facts, as...resorted to attacks and rhetoric. Ending horse slaughter is not about childish views or an...here. So if the public wants to ban horse slaughter, why can't we? This is America, isn...

REP. SCHAKOWSKY APPLAUDS COURTS DECISION ON HORSE SLAUGHTER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 21, 2007 ;     200 words ......today to uphold an Illinois law to ban horse slaughter. The Cavel International Horse Slaughter plant in Dekalb, Illinois was allowed...decision to uphold an Illinois law to ban horse slaughter for human consumption is a huge victory...