… and animal welfare organizations dedicated to ending horse slaughter and other forms of equine cruelty. The … that improve the welfare and treatment of domestic and wild horses, donkeys, and mules Connecting rescue …
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… The USDA received more than $2 million to enforce the Horse Protection Act (HPA) and curb soring of Tennessee … by blocking the use of federal funds to inspect domestic horse slaughter plants and horsemeat. The bill protects wild horses and burros under the authority of the Bureau of …
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… bill provides much needed protections for domestic and wild horses. The bill bars any federal funds from being used for the inspection of horse slaughter plants in the United States; this withholding … from opening and operating in the United States. Wild horses were also protected, as the bill prohibits …
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You may have never thought twice about a horseshoe crab—or even once for that matter—but lately, people are noticing that perhaps they should.
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… have a special place in American culture—from majestic wild mustangs to companion horses who are part of the family. … to an end. Particularly in thoroughbred racing and walking horse competitions, abusive practices have been allowed to flourish, resulting in horse injuries and deaths. AWI is working to strengthen …
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… for its enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act. Congress renewed its directive that the … to public inspection. Protections for domestic and wild horses were reaffirmed. The bill prevents the return of … resulting in the destruction of healthy, unadopted wild horses and burros in the care of the Bureau of Land …
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… of Agriculture finalized new regulations under the Horse Protection Act, slated to go into effect in February … in Maryland and Massachusetts, ban the use of certain wild animals in traveling performances, helping move toward a … With each new law, we’re moving closer to a future where wild animals are no longer exploited for entertainment. 5. …
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… Stowe Provisions were included that will effectively bar horse slaughter facilities from operating this year in the … Land Management or the US Forest Service from selling off wild horses for slaughter abroad (an important measure given … recent efforts to remove restrictions on slaughter of wild horses—see AWI Quarterly , spring 2019 ). The …
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… equines—most notably a significant boost in funding for Horse Protection Act enforcement, a permanent ban on the … facilities in the United States, provisions to protect wild horses and burros from slaughter, and funds to implement … proven and safe immunocontraceptive vaccines to keep wild herds in their natural habitats rather than being …
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… States to foreign slaughterhouses. The second is the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA). Championed by … strong provisions to promote the humane treatment of wild horses and burros and reform the Bureau of Land … by the prior administration—that would strengthen the Horse Protection Act and accomplish many of the PAST Act’s …
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… a number of animal welfare measures, such as preventing horse slaughter and expecting vigorous enforcement of animal … in the United States and prohibits the slaughter of wild horses. Prohibits Class B dealers from selling dogs and … contiguous 48 states. Blocks the commercial destruction of wild horses under the authorities of both the Bureau of Land …
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… Incentive Program (AIP), which pays individuals to adopt wild horses ($1,000 per animal). Some of these horses are … and need for significant reforms during the BLM’s National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting. On June 30, the BLM …
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… reckless plan to round up approximately 20,000 wild horses during fiscal year 2024. In a January letter to … called attention to the agency’s plan to treat fewer wild horses with humane fertility control vaccines (critical … and BLM’s actions.” ( Click here for more on the fate of wild horses in captivity under BLM management.) … BLM’s …
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… Wild horses are protected under the Wild FreeRoaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, which says in … as integral but rather an impediment. As a result, wild horse numbers are kept artificially low. The Bureau of Land …
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… AWI’s efforts to address the mistreatment of equines, both wild and domestic , and learn about our support for equine … regulated—allowing for continued extraction from the wild—at a heavy cost to wild populations—and the prevalence of mass-breeding …
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… via colpotomy—to control the population of wild horses in Utah’s Confusion Herd Management Area (HMA). ( … as PZP to manage herds. AWI led a sign-on letter of 49 wild horse advocacy organizations and horse rescues asking her to …
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… welfare issues by cosponsoring legislation that would end horse slaughter, crack down on puppy mills, and strengthen … as well as a ban on spending taxpayer money to support horse slaughter. Formed in 2009, the CAPC, through …
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… welfare activities, including Animal Welfare Act (AWA), Horse Protection Act (HPA), and Endangered Species Act (ESA) … key reforms to the management of federally protected wild horses and burros to ensure their humane treatment. … The budget also proposes to allow large-scale transfer of wild equines to foreign countries, which could lead to horses …
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… of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program, and to protest wild horse and burro roundups. We strongly opposed this action in …
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… dogs and cats, to farm animals and horses, to captive wild bears, lions, and other animals located in various … we have heard countless stories of animal shelters and horse stables being deliberately bombed, of stray dogs being … Charity Foundation: Ukrainian organization delivering horse feed, bedding, and veterinary supplies to stables in …
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… (BLM) proposed policy of killing healthy, unadopted wild horses and burros in its care. Congress has prohibited … BLM from using funds for that purpose or for selling wild horses and burros to others to be killed and used in … horses at slaughter plants. Without such inspections, no horse slaughter plant can operate in the US But this, too, is …
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… block the USDA from spending taxpayer dollars to inspect horse slaughter plants, thus effectively preventing these … as well as to continue a ban on killing healthy, unadopted wild horses and burros. The third provision encourages the … (BLM) to consider new and more humane methods of wild horse population management, as set forth in the 2013 …
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… wildlife poaching and trafficking; language defunding horse slaughter plant inspections by the United States … commerce; a prohibition on sending federally protected wild horses to slaughter; a prohibition on funding the …
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… of Land Management’s efforts to surgically sterilize wild horses. She has supported the robust implementation of proven and safe fertility control methods to manage wild horse populations. … AWI Celebrates Confirmation of Haaland …
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… of wildlife poaching and trafficking; language defunding horse slaughter plant inspections by the United States … another year; a prohibition on sending federally protected wild horses to slaughter; a prohibition on funding the …
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