The absence of a well-run equine abattoir in Ireland is a “concern” for equine welfare – as there has been an increase in ...

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon today (Thursday, March 20) welcomed the publication of Prof.

The former US-based, foreign-owned horse slaughter companies and a handful of trade associations that support horse slaughter have contributed to the continued export of tens of thousands of America's ...

In 2007, courts upheld state level prohibitions on horse slaughter in Texas and Illinois—the last two states with operational horse slaughter plants. To date, only Texas, Illinois, California, and New ...

Wild horses are protected under federal law, and selling them for slaughter is illegal. A man who answered the phone at Davis’ home Friday afternoon said Davis was out gathering cattle and would ...

The new action plan for the equine industry will also see the introduction of mandatory genotyping of all foals and a ...

A Manitoba horse farm has garnered more criticism from advocacy group Animal Justice as the group continues to take aim at Canada’s air export of horses bound for international meat markets.

In his mandate letter to Minister of Agricutlure Marie-Claude Bibeau, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a ban on the live export of horses for slaughter. “Yet these flights carry on ...

A new report by animal welfare organizations in Canada and Japan about the controversial practice of exporting live horses ...

During the 2021 federal election, the Liberal Party campaigned on a promise to ban the export of horses for slaughter ...

VALATIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -A ban on horse slaughter is in effect as of April 11. Equines can no longer be killed for human and animal consumption or be transported to a different state or country to ...

Expert recommends establishment of well-regulated slaughter facility where horses eligible for food chain can be ‘humanely ...