2012-07-08T04:23:49Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/71012 tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-08:/commentary/16806501 2012-07-08T04:23:49Z Saratogian There is a bill called American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, HR 2966 and S 1176. While there is still time, please call the White House, 202-456-1111, or send your letter to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20500. Call or write your ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2012/07/08/opinion/doc4ff86290746bc124428205.txt">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-07:/commentary/16445361 2012-07-07T12:24:36Z Saratogian There is a bill called American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, HR 2966 and S 1176. While there is still time, please call the White House, 202-456-1111, or send your letter to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20500. Call or write your ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2012/07/07/opinion/doc4ff86290746bc124428205.txt">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-07-07:/commentary/16445360 2012-07-07T12:24:36Z Saratogian There is a bill called American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, HR 2966 and S 1176. While there is still time, please call the White House, 202-456-1111, or send your letter to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20500. Call or write your ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2012/07/07/opinion/doc4ff8635908ad5533601129.txt">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-19:/commentary/16079660 2012-06-19T14:33:19Z Examiner In Washington, D.C. Tuesday, Virginia Congressman Jim Moran's bill to prevent the use of taxpayer money by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to inspect United States horse slaughter plants for fiscal year 2013 has passed. Early this afternoon,Congressman <br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/house-appropriations-committee-votes-to-defund-horse-slaughter-inspections">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-06-07:/commentary/15732535 2012-06-07T11:12:48Z Joplin Independent With the advent of laws banning horse slaughter, such as those enacted in 2007 in Illinois and Texas, the practice seemed to have gone underground, at least domestically. The difficulty in collecting proof that a horse has fallen into the underground ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/mariwinn1339089134">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-11:/commentary/15224275 2012-05-11T01:07:44Z Seacoast Online I'd like to clarify a couple of points made by a letter that appeared in this morning's paper (May 4). I attended Kelly Ayotte's Town Hall Meeting event at the Cooperative Middle School on May 1. I was there with two colleagues to ask Sen ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120511-OPINION-205110343">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-05-02:/commentary/14987592 2012-05-02T10:29:36Z Huffington Post Few causes are able to unite people such as Lorenzo Borghese from ABC's The Bachelor, actors Bo Derek and John Corbett, school children and animal welfare organizations, but all of these people and groups got together last week to participate in the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-sayres/saving-animals-through-ad_b_1464528.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-27:/commentary/14847082 2012-04-27T13:55:58Z TheHorse.com Neither became law. In 2011 Senators Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Lindsey Graham, (R-S.C.) introduced S 1176, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011. If passed, the bill would amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the sale or transport of ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=19943">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-23:/commentary/14726367 2012-04-23T15:55:14Z Harness Link.com Celebrities, School Children, Citizen Advocates Gather at Capitol to Lobby for Permanent Ban on Horse Slaughter. 'Horses on the Hill' event urges Congress to pass American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. WHAT: Celebrities, school children and citizen ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=97121">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-04-03:/commentary/14109743 2012-04-03T13:20:00Z Examiner In the 1950's Velma B. Johnston of Nevada watched as ranchers and unscrupulous cowboys rounded up the wild mustangs and sent these symbols of our American heritage to slaughter. Johnston, or as she became to be called "Wild Horse Annie" began a grassroots <br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/pet-rescue-in-national/children-s-letter-writing-campaign-to-end-horse-slaughter-building-more-steam">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-30:/commentary/13985687 2012-03-30T23:26:02Z Examiner Don't ever think that children can't make a profound difference in the world - even one as young as nine-years-old. Declan Gregg, a young man from Stratham, New Hampshire spent his first day in Washington, DC yesterday so he could deliver over 1,000 ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/pet-rescue-in-national/nine-year-old-declan-gregg-goes-to-washington-to-lobby-for-the-horses">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-27:/commentary/13867880 2012-03-27T01:00:00Z The Huffington Post ...consumption, please visit the websites on this page, listed below, and then please urge your congressperson to vote for Bill S.1176 by calling 202 659 6000. Finally, why did we use this Barbi Twins photo? Well, it got more of you to read about horses, a<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elayne-boosler/american-humane-associatin-animal-cruelty_b_1383481.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-26:/commentary/13867879 2012-03-26T19:56:02Z Huffington Post The American Humane Association" (AHA) monitors the safety of animals on film sets the way Tim Geithner manages Wall St. They had to throw a cat in a river, who would come up humorously like a little hero and get out and continue on his determined way ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elayne-boosler/american-humane-associatin-animal-cruelty_b_1383481.html?ref=entertainment">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-21:/commentary/13635881 2012-03-21T20:16:17Z Tullahoma News Animal rights groups and equine organizations are up in arms against the proposed return of legal horse-slaughter facilities in the U.S. Such a bill, which ultimately could lead to slaughterhouses in Tennessee to process horsemeat for sale to foreign ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tullahomanews.com/?p=3572">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-03-08:/commentary/13126949 2012-03-08T09:30:24Z bestofneworleans.com It seems Louisiana's senators can agree on one thing besides oil and gas: animal welfare. The Humane Society of the United States has named Sen. David Vitter as one of its two 2011 "Humane Legislators of the Year" for his work on animal-related ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2012/03/08/sens-david-vitter-and-mary-landrieu-honored-by-humane-society">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-07:/commentary/12109828 2012-02-07T14:02:12Z Global Grind Horses are as symbolic as the country they built, America. It is a shame we don’t give them the respect they have earned. For centuries, horses shed their blood to give their service to us. It says a lot when a country has better laws for its flag (that <br /><br /><a href="http://globalgrind.com/node/825700">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-07:/commentary/12530113 2012-02-07T08:25:46Z Philadelphia Daily News The case sparked widespread outrage inside the horse industry and among ordinary animal lovers alike. A young Chester County horse dealer was charged with defrauding horse owners by posing as a rescue and instead sending their animals to slaughter. A ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/pets/138830574.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-06:/commentary/12109827 2012-02-06T15:22:08Z Examiner A newly released ASPCA poll conducted by Lake Research Partners finds that 80% of Americans are opposed to the slaughter of U.S. horses for human consumption. The nationwide survey reveals that Americans oppose horse slaughter overwhelmingly regardless of <br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/pet-news-in-national/horse-slaughter-opposed-by-80-of-americans-says-new-poll">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-02-01:/commentary/11996130 2012-02-01T12:57:44Z YAHOO! NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The ASPCA(R) (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(R)) today announced in a newly released poll conducted by Lake Research Partners that 80 percent of American voters are opposed to <br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/aspca-research-confirms-americans-strongly-oppose-slaughter-horses-175810287.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-29:/commentary/12335421 2012-01-29T22:48:16Z Star-Banner The current run of the film "War Horse" — a paean to the human-animal bond and the nobility of the animal — coincides with the return of a ruthlessly practical use of horses in our day: their killing on American soil for export to a global ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20120129/OPINION/120129609/-1/datacenter?Title=Congressional-move-opens-way-for-horse-slaughterhouses-in-U-S-">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-29:/commentary/11890169 2012-01-29T21:51:01Z Star-Banner The current run of the film "War Horse" — a paean to the human-animal bond and the nobility of the animal — coincides with the return of a ruthlessly practical use of horses in our day: their killing on American soil for export to a global ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ocala.com/article/20120129/OPINION/120129609">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-24:/commentary/12199571 2012-01-24T18:57:59Z Fort Dodge Messenger There are a lot of people who have become wealthy by buying our horses and selling them to slaughterhouses on the borders of Canada and Mexico. Now they are trying to reopen horse slaughter plants in the U.S. The overpopulation of horses is caused by ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/545450/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-24:/commentary/11815434 2012-01-24T18:57:59Z Fort Dodge Messenger There are a lot of people who have become wealthy by buying our horses and selling them to slaughterhouses on the borders of Canada and Mexico. Now they are trying to reopen horse slaughter plants in the U.S. The overpopulation of horses is caused by ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/545450/Protect-the-horses.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-24:/commentary/11707036 2012-01-24T05:21:56Z OpEdNews.com Just like the Korean War which is considered a forgotten war, so this wonderful Korean "veteran" was also forgotten- even though Andrew Geer wrote a book about this little red mare in 1955. But thankfully, someone on Care2 recently reminded us about her ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Forgotten-Korean-War-H-by-Suzana-Megles-120122-275.html?show=votes">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-23:/commentary/11701888 2012-01-23T10:30:56Z OpEdNews.com Just like the Korean War which is considered a forgotten war, so this wonderful Korean "veteran" was also forgotten- even though Andrew Geer wrote a book about this little red mare in 1955. But thankfully, someone on Care2 recently reminded us about her ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Forgotten-Korean-War-H-by-Suzana-Megles-120122-275.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-19:/commentary/11687430 2012-01-19T11:25:47Z Albany Democrat-Herald Regarding the Mailbag Jan. 11 and 17: There are two bills in Congress regarding the prevention of horse slaughter: S.1176 and H.R. 2966. For more information about these bills visit www.popvox.com and look up the bill numbers. We all have our ...<br /><br /><a href="http://democratherald.com/news/opinion/mailbag/mailbag-against-horse-slaughter/article_f99d6126-422f-11e1-9b53-001871e3ce6c.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-13:/commentary/11661721 2012-01-13T23:50:12Z Examiner Some horses sent to slaughter are not always old or broken down. Some are healthy and young. Many “unwanted” horses have had new lives by being bought by an eventer, jumper, or endurance rider, and have gone on to become national and world champions ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/horse-in-peoria/the-thought-of-slaughter-part-3">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-13:/commentary/11657118 2012-01-13T01:31:36Z PennLive.com As your article stated Friday (Jan. 6), federal legislation recently overturned a five-year ban on slaughtering horses in the U.S. Each year during this time, about 130,000 American horses are transported to Canada and Mexico to be horribly and ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/letters/index.ssf/2012/01/contact_toomey_and_casey_to_ba.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-06:/commentary/11624550 2012-01-06T00:56:57Z Palm Beach Post (blog) The bills are there, HR 2966 and S 1176, let them come to the floor for a vote. Instead just 3 Congressmen, who get money from lobbyists, prevented the wording from going back into a must pass bill. The only way the pro-slaughter get anything ...<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/opinionzone/2012/01/05/should-horse-slaughtering-resume-in-the-u-s/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-04:/commentary/11642103 2012-01-04T14:56:51Z The Oakland Press The majority of us who own horses -- or just love them -- do not share the absurd view that the horse slaughter industry helps horses by killing them (Dec. 18 article, “Emotions soar after Congress lifts horse slaughter ban”). Americans don ...<br /><br /><a href="http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/01/04/opinion/doc4f04af237c3dc968250255.txt?viewmode=fullstory">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-04:/commentary/11637630 2012-01-04T14:56:51Z The Oakland Press The majority of us who own horses -- or just love them -- do not share the absurd view that the horse slaughter industry helps horses by killing them (Dec. 18 article, “Emotions soar after Congress lifts horse slaughter ban”). Americans don ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/01/04/opinion/doc4f04af237c3dc968250255.txt?viewmode=default">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-04:/commentary/11619568 2012-01-04T14:56:51Z The Oakland Press The majority of us who own horses -- or just love them -- do not share the absurd view that the horse slaughter industry helps horses by killing them (Dec. 18 article, “Emotions soar after Congress lifts horse slaughter ban”). Americans don ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/01/04/opinion/doc4f04af237c3dc968250255.txt">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-02:/commentary/11661722 2012-01-02T14:09:06Z Harness Link.com Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) launched a major campaign on December 30 to expose the underhanded move by Rep. Jack Kingston (GA) and Sens. Kohl (WI) and Blunt (MO) that reinstated horse inspections and opened the way for horse slaughter to return to US ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.harnesslink.com/www/Article.cgi?ID=94869&amp;fullcomment=1">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-02:/commentary/11611431 2012-01-02T13:47:38Z Examiner Just before the New Year's Eve festivities began, the Equine Welfare Alliance, (EWA) an umbrella organization representing over 200 member organizations and dedicated to ending the slaughter of American horses launched their own campaign to counteract the <br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/pet-rescue-in-national/equine-welfare-alliance-launches-campaign-to-end-horse-slaughter">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2012-01-01:/commentary/11608163 2012-01-01T15:14:43Z OpEdNews.com I lost my dear friend - Casey, a 12-year- old Samoyed mix who was very beautiful to look at. She died in July of this year. She was also a gentle and loving dog. Casey began her first 6 years with someone I believed to be a poor caretaker. One of the first<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/A-Sad-Review-of-2011-by-Suzana-Megles-111231-449.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-28:/commentary/11594435 2011-12-28T12:56:18Z PETA Sparks flew recently after Congress restored funding for U.S. inspectors to oversee horse slaughter, opening the door for horses to be killed and butchered in the United States for the first time since 2006. But there is hope for a better bill ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/12/28/support-the-bill-to-end-horse-slaughter-amp-export.aspx">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-27:/commentary/11590153 2011-12-27T12:28:51Z OpEdNews.com the beauty and awe of Christmas will continue until we celebrate the feast of Epiphany. However, it is sad, that despite the wonderment re the birth of the Prince of Peace, there are still so many happenings in our daily world which speak not of love and .<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Horses-and-Deer-On-my-Min-by-Suzana-Megles-111226-991.html?show=votes">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-22:/commentary/11571796 2011-12-22T14:15:00Z American Veterinary Medical Association The media has been all abuzz on the topic of horse slaughter since Congress passed the annual Agriculture Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2012 without including language that would restrict the use of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds to ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.avma.org/advocacy/avma_advocate/dec11/aa_dec11i.asp">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-16:/commentary/11532423 2011-12-16T01:29:01Z Billings Gazette Allowing American tax dollars to be used to inspect horse slaughter plants is a step backward for America's iconic horses and a waste of tax dollars ("Lifted ban means horse slaughter will likely resume by spring," Nov. 30). Americans don't eat ...<br /><br /><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/mailbag/allowing-horse-slaughter-won-t-mean-better-treatment/article_04b964fb-8529-55de-8a74-955a0affedf4.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-09:/commentary/11497502 2011-12-09T15:13:22Z Lufkin Daily News A recent editorial glorifying horse slaughter failed to inform readers that it is illegal in Texas to slaughter horses (“Processing plants should be allowed in US for meat that hasn’t caught on here, just yet,” Dec. 1). Prior to the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://lufkindailynews.com/opinion/letters/article_99ddf4f0-21df-11e1-b59b-001871e3ce6c.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-09:/commentary/11497503 2011-12-09T06:09:20Z Bolivar Herald Free Press Congress and President Barack Obama in November opened the door for resumption of horse slaughter in the United States with their approval of H.R. 2112, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. Signed by the president Friday ...<br /><br /><a href="http://bolivarmonews.com/news/no-horse-slaughter-restrictions-in-ag-appropriations-bill/article_2fd37f10-21eb-11e1-80af-001871e3ce6c.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-05:/commentary/11469842 2011-12-05T12:33:28Z OpEdNews.com Many compassionate legislators in 2006 worked hard to overturn the bill former Senator Conrad Burns of Montana had stealthily slipped into an appropriations bill allowing for the slaughter of horses in the U.S. The meat was not meant for our consumption ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Save-Our-Horses-by-Suzana-Megles-111202-26.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-04:/commentary/11479243 2011-12-04T18:54:02Z OpEdNews.com Many compassionate legislators in 2006 worked hard to overturn the bill former Senator Conrad Burns of Montana had stealthily slipped into an appropriations bill allowing for the slaughter of horses in the U.S. The meat was not meant for our consumption ..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Save-Our-Horses-by-Suzana-Megles-111202-26.html?show=votes">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-03:/commentary/11431685 2011-12-03T00:40:01Z Daily Oklahoman Regarding “Horse slaughter plants planned” (News, Nov. 27): The majority of us who own and love horses don't share Sue Wallis' absurd idea that the horse slaughter industry helps horses by killing them. Americans don't eat horses, and they don't want .<br /><br /><a href="http://newsok.com/harrowing-horse-slaughter-process/article/3628576">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-01:/commentary/11431684 2011-12-01T22:03:43Z American Quarter Horse Journal A Senate bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes <br /><br /><a href="http://www.aqha.com/About/Content-Pages/About-the-Association/~/link.aspx?_id=EB300D1FA49E46B19BD2602EBC263ECD&amp;amp;_z=z">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-28:/commentary/11431683 2011-11-28T18:54:00Z Forbes This post is the first in a series on Thoroughbreds, racing and the state of the horse industry. How did a five-year-old racehorse named Princess Madeline end up in a feedlot on July 13, priced for slaughter? Ask a horse trainer, and they’ll ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/11/29/racing-industry-silent-about-slaughtered-thoroughbreds/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-16:/commentary/11431686 2011-11-16T01:00:00Z Examiner.com ...slaughter to be inhumane. It is now time for all Americans to call their government representatives and pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S.1176/ H.R.2966) and forever end the cruelty and mistreatment of American horses for pure greed...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.examiner.com/pet-rescue-in-national/federal-budget-to-spend-millions-of-tax-payer-money-to-kill-horses">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-14:/commentary/11001467 2011-06-14T01:00:00Z TheHorse.com (blog) The purpose of S.1176, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011, introduced in the Senate on June 9, is clear. The unofficial summary at www.GovTrack.us says it all—&quot;A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, ... <br /><br /><a href="http://cs.thehorse.com/blogs/horses-and-the-law/archive/2011/06/14/Legislative-Obfuscation.aspx">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-10:/commentary/10986452 2011-06-10T01:00:00Z Horsetalk The bill, S. 1176, is sponsored by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The &quot;American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011&quot; would end the slaughter of American horses in the US and, most urgently, will stop the horse<br /><br /><a href="http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2011/06/085.shtml">Go to article</a>