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

U.S. Newswire;  March 16, 2007 ;     622 words ......Society of the United States, +1-703-283-5104...Society of the United States is calling it a...a foreign-owned horse slaughter industry which...last legs in the United States. Proponents of...Belgians can eat horse meat frequently...proposed ban on horse ...

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 269-158 landslide...used to facilitate all horse slaughter. A previous amendment...minute efforts by pro-horse slaughter organizations such as...bill, it will only stop horse ...

Legendary Oilman Testifies Before Congress to Ban Horse Slaughter.

PR Newswire;  July 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ......support of The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H...of horses in the United States for human consumption. I strongly oppose horse slaughter, said T. Boone Pickens...consumption in the United States and the export of...

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

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 29, 2008 ;     284 words ......The Humane Society of the United States praises the National Conference...Energy Committee rejected the horse slaughter proposal at its meeting...slaughter, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503...rejected a bill to fund a horse slaughter plant with tax ...

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

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

Congress Addressing Horse Slaughter Cruelty in New Federal Legislation

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Society of the United States and other animal...Society of the United States. "The horse...acted to ban horse slaughter, shuttering...legislation to stop horse slaughter passed the House...Equine Welfare, United States Equine Sanctuary...311 to ban ...

[ The horse slaughter! ]

Chicago Sun-Times;  April 2, 2004 ;     621 words ...The horse slaughter! Actress Bo Derek must be furious! *To wit: Derek, who rode a horse to fame in the movie "10," has...The absent nitwits: The state's Horse Slaughter Ban bill, which looked like it...horses were slaughtered in the United States last year at two ...

Commentary: Horse slaughter in the United States

Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR);  May 1, 2004 ;     504 words ......learned about the scale of horse slaughter in the United States. Americans do not eat horse...were slaughtered in the United States last year at the Beltex...bill called the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act has been...

Lawmakers Move to End Horse Slaughter: Society for Animal Protective...

U.S. Newswire;  June 6, 2005 ;     444 words ......three foreign- owned horse slaughter plants that operate in the United States and ship the flesh...move when the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was...horsemeat from the United States for sale to countries...eat our horses in the United States and ...

REP. BURGESS SUPPORTS HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 7, 2006 ;     197 words ......of passage of HR 503, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. The final vote was 263-146. "North Texas is horse country," said Congressman Michael...for human consumption is the United States does not exist, it is considered...Asia. There are currently three horse slaughter ...

REP. SCHAKOWSKY INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 17, 2007 ;     303 words ......bipartisan American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, which...consumption in the United States. Sen. Mary Landrieu...reintroduced the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act today...facilities in the United States - which last year...slaughter. In 2006, a horse ...

Stop horse slaughter

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  November 24, 2003 ;     207 words ......senators and urge them to support HR 857, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Federal politicians can be located at www.congress.org. These bills will make horse slaughter for human consumption in the United States illegal. (This includes exports of live horses ...

SEN. LANDRIEU URGES QUICK PASSAGE OF HORSE SLAUGHTER PREVENTION BILL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 4, 2007 ;     238 words ......following news release: United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu...upholding Illinois' ban on horse slaughter is a very positive step...enough - we must ensure that horse slaughter is prohibited in every state...sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S. ...

Animal rights groups sue to stop horse slaughter

AP Worldstream;  February 14, 2006 ;     400 words ......live near the nation's three horse slaughter plants sued Tuesday in an effort...for salaries and expenses of horse meat inspectors. The plants have...provision cutting off money for the horse meat inspectors. The measure...its sponsors as a way to end horse slaughter after other ...

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Final Appeal to Illinois Horse Slaughter Ban

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 16, 2008 ;     342 words ......Humane Society of the United States, which has been campaigning...decision today by the United States Supreme Court denying the foreign-owned horse slaughter industry's final appeal...from resuming in the United States and would ban the...