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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A federal judge on Friday temporarily halted plans by companies in New Mexico and Iowa to start slaughtering horses next week. U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo issued a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma’s 50-year-old ban on horse slaughtering was lifted Friday when the governor signed a new law that will allow facilities to process and export horse meat, despite bitter ...

Equine Voices Rescue and Sanctuary in Amado is hosting its Mystic’s Masquerade fundraiser to help finance additional land and ...

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – The owner of a New Mexico slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the nation since 2007 to handle horses after an outcry from politicians and animal ...

Since 2005, our government has prevented the commercial slaughter of horses in the United States by refusing to fund personnel that would inspect the horse meat. As a consequence of this “de-funding,” ...

The controversy over the commercial slaughter of horses in the United States resumed a little more than a week ago with a report from the Government Accountability Office that raised questions about ...

Equine groups like Pennsylvania’s Omega Horse Rescue are working daily to solve equine welfare issues on the ground. They provide lifesaving resources to help keep horses in their homes or support ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — Each year, tens of ...

Holland, of Shawsville, is a freelance writer, author of three books and senior analyst for Americans Against Horse Slaughter. In the aftermath of Black Monday, most of us felt like Baghdad citizens ...

ALBUQUERQUE - An Internet video that shows a meat company employee swearing at animal activists before shooting a horse in the head highlights the increasing emotional intensity of the national debate ...

The lack of clear reporting and public access to data keeps the slaughter horse industry largely hidden, leaving many ...