Dormant Horse Slaughter Plant Demolished
A powerful symbol of the horse slaughter industry—and of the hopes some have of resurrecting it—crumbled in April with the demolition of the former Dallas Crown plant in Kaufman, Texas.
Please see the below articles about Equine from past editions of the AWI Quarterly.
Rancher Who Illegally Sent 1,800 Horses to Slaughter Skates Free
Colorado rancher and livestock hauler Tom Davis spent close to $18,000 to purchase approximately 1,800 horses from the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Wild Horse and Burro Program from 2008 to 2012, telling the BLM...
Saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang
Saving the Pryor Mountain Mustang: A Legacy of Local and Federal Cooperation , chronicles the lengthy and evolving struggle of one local community to preserve an isolated wild horse herd on the Wyoming/Montana border.
Urban Carriage Horses: Out of Step with Responsible Horse Welfare
In many cities, horse-drawn carriages are seen as tourist attractions, taking visitors on tours of city streets and evoking nostalgic images of days gone by. Yet, underlying these quaint notions is the reality for the...
Horse Meat from Mexico Banned in the EU
The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU), has conditionally banned horse meat imported from Mexico due to food safety concerns. The ban took effect on January 15, 2015.
Congress Reinstates Annual Ban on Horse Slaughter in the US
In January, Congress approved a massive $1.1 trillion annual spending bill to fund the federal government that included language prohibiting USDA from spending funds to inspect horse slaughter facilities.
AWI Joins Willie Nelson’s 80th Birthday Bash
AWI was honored to be with Willie Nelson and his family at the Hard Rock Café in New York City in June for a celebration of his 80th birthday, and to recognize his legacy and...
Horses are Sacred: A View from the Nohooká Dine’
In August, Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly stated that—to alleviate what he claimed was a horse overpopulation problem—the government of the Navajo Nation would support rounding up, selling, and slaughtering wild horses from Navajo lands...
NAS Says Science (and Scrutiny) Scarce in BLM’s Wild Equine Management
A scientific committee assembled by the National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) National Research Council has completed a two-year study on the Wild Horse and Burro Program of the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Horse Slaughter: Progress and Setbacks
There is now a Senate version of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (S. 541), thanks to Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Like its House companion (H.R. 1094), this legislation would...