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The slaughter continues.(UPDATES)(Brief article)
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March 1, 2008
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- Motavalli, Jim
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Animal activists have fought hard to eliminate horse slaughter in the U.S. (see "The Killing Floor," feature, May/June 2006). Under H.R. 2744, funding was removed for U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) inspectors at slaughterhouses. The Bush USDA countered by allowing inspectors to be paid with private funds. But state laws were later passed banning remaining slaughterhouses in Texas and Illinois.
Now more horses are being shipped for slaughter to Canada (where there are two plants) and Mexico (where there are thought to be four). A report by ...
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Landslide U.S. House of Representatives Vote to End Horse Slaughter
U.S. Newswire;
June 9, 2005 ;
363 words
......favor of stopping horse slaughter in the United States...to facilitate all horse slaughter. A previous amendment...last-minute efforts by pro-horse slaughter organizations such...American Veterinary Medical Association and American Quarter...it will only stop ...
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USDA Defies Congressional Ban on Horse Slaughter.
PR Newswire;
February 11, 2006 ;
787 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...
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Horse slaughter ends in February
DVM;
December 1, 2005 ;
Anonymous;
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...
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Texas Legislature Again Rejects Efforts to Legalize Horse Slaughter
U.S. Newswire;
May 29, 2007 ;
505 words
......the nation's foreign-owned horse slaughter facilities. For four years, proponents of horse slaughter have tried to overturn a 1949...clear in their opposition to horse slaughter, and elected officials have...House of Representatives. Pro-horse slaughter lobbyists only a ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Against horse slaughter.(LETTERS)
The Washington Times;
September 18, 2005 ;
115 words
......THE WASHINGTON TIMES Proponents of horse slaughter tend to be those who stand to profit...not euthanasia. Also, the cruelty of horse slaughter is not limited to the procedure used...Thank you for speaking out against horse slaughter. CHERYL THOMAS Silver Spring
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Legendary Oilman Testifies Before Congress to Ban Horse Slaughter.
PR Newswire;
July 25, 2006 ;
713 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 ...
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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...
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REP. SCHAKOWSKY CALLS FOR END TO HORSE SLAUGHTER
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 7, 2006 ;
767 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...
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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...
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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...
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