Team effort secures a future for slaughter bound mustangs RENO, Nev. (August 23, 2013) – On Wednesday, US District Court Judge, Miranda Du, lifted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) which allowed for the sale of 149 unbranded wild horses captured by the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe in northern Nevada. Realizing that these unbranded…
Hi, my name is John Holland, and I am a data-holic. I usually spend my day furtively downloading statistics and information, analyzing it, graphing it, correlating it and trying to glean insights into the true workings of the horse world. But today is different. Today, I was inspired to opine by a thing of great…
GAO report 11-228 is titled HORSE WELFARE Action Needed to Address Unintended Consequences from Cessation of Domestic Slaughter. It was issued in June of 2011. This document has been the main claim to legitimacy of those who wish to bring horse slaughter back to the United States. It has been quoted by the national press,…
EWA (Chicago) – The Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) and the Animal Law Coalition (ALC) announced today that they have irrefutable evidence showing that the Government Accountability Office fraudulently misrepresented horse abuse and neglect data in their report GAO 11-228. The GAO report blamed falling horse prices and increased abuse and neglect on the closing of…
Dear Friends & Supporters, Saving America’s Mustangs is appalled over the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to approve an application for a horse slaughter facility at Valley Meat Company LLC in Roswell, NM on the grounds that killing horses for human consumption is inhumane and creates a serious health risk to consumers. Similar applications…
June 24, 2013 – EWA (Chicago) – The Equine Welfare Alliance today released a statistical study on the rates of equine abuse and neglect across the US since 2000. The research examined equine abuse statistics from Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine and Oregon. Historical records of the number of cases of equine abuse and neglect…
Dear Humanitarian, Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) Agriculture Appropriations bill to block inspections of horse slaughter facilities by USDA officials. On Thursday the Senate Appropriations Committee will consider an identical amendment to their version of the FY14 Agriculture Appropriations bill. This bipartisan language had been…
Equine Advocates Founder and President Susan Wagner with Assemblyman Jim Tedisco. Photo credit – Sue McDonough. Twelfth Annual Awards Dinner & Charity Auction in Saratoga Springs, Co-Chaired by Bebe Neuwirth and Julie Bonacio Saratoga Springs, NY (June 11, 2013) – Many organizations will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of racing in Saratoga Springs. When determining…
Dear Humanitarian, The House Appropriations Committee is poised to decide whether or not to block a wasteful and harmful expansion of the federal government, save taxpayer dollars, and — of particular interest to humanitarians — protect horses from being cruelly slaughtered for human consumption. Later this week, the House Appropriations Committee will consider the FY14…
Dear Supporters & Friends, We have asked you to voice your opinions over the last several years in support of America’s wild horses. This time marks a pinnacle in how the Wild Horse & Burro Program is going to move forward. If you haven’t taken action with us before, please let today be the time…
