Catching up on News - Saturday

Crikey! Firefighters Rescue Horse from Hay Loft’s 2nd Story | KTXL FOX40

Comment of the Day: The Truth About Horse Slaughtering « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Comment of the Day: The Truth About Horse Slaughtering - Seattle - News - The Daily Weekly

Local woman falls in love with old horse - TheMountainMail.com: Free Content: susan topping, ron dobson, marcy struna, district wildlife manager and a game warden, division of wildlife

Improving Welfare for Wild, Companion andWorking Equines in 2012 | Horse Back Magazine

The Keeper of the Gate | Habitat For Horses | Horse Rescue | Adopt a Horse

Horse Welfare 2012 – The Year in Review…. « heatherclemenceau

My Turn: To anyone who loves horses and is willing to help - The Taos News: Opinion

Wild horses face slaughter after breeding too fast: Mustangs roaming plains of America ¿endanger animals¿ | Mail Online

Fleet of Angels drives like hell from danger

Facebook User Steps into Reality to make a Difference for Horses in Need « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Ponies at the Poles: a proud history - Features - Horsetalk.co.nz

Happy Holidays from the Pryor Mountains

More Christmas Eve News

World's Tallest Horse - Meet The Record Breakers - Guinness World Records - YouTube

A Wild Horse & Burro Christmas Story « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Video of the Week: Horses Vs. Gingerbread House - HorseChannel.com

Tiny horses would rather catch the tube than walk

GREGG TOWNSHIP: Family’s prized Percheron horses to trot in California’s Rose Parade | News | CentreDaily.com

Meat company owner sues USDA for right to slaughter horses - latimes.com

Scathing Seasons Greetings Poster Depicts a Wild Horse Caught in Barbed Wire Courtesy of the BLM « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Tiny Horses Head to Grieving Conn. Town | TheLedger.com

The American Horse Christmas Tree | Habitat For Horses | Horse Rescue | Adopt a Horse

A GIGGLE with the GOATS Jingle Bells Holiday Performance

Wild Horse and Burro 12 Days of Christmas

Straight from the Horse's Heart

Reprint from 2009 by R.T. Fitch ~ Author/volunteer president Wild Horse Freedom Federation

Through the Eyes of the Wild Ones

(to be sung to the tune of “The 12 days of Christmas”)

On the first day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
One rogue BLM agency.

On the second day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the third day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Seven slaughter setups,
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Eight dead horses,
Seven slaughter setups,
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Nine laws a-breaking,
Eight dead horses,
Seven slaughter setups,
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Ten ranges barren,
Nine laws a-breaking,
Eight dead horses,
Seven slaughter setups,
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Eleven States now ruined,
Ten ranges barren,
Nine laws a-breaking,
Eight dead horses,
Seven slaughter setups,
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
Ken Salazar gave me
Twelve million heartbreaks,
Eleven States now ruined,
Ten ranges barren,
Nine laws a-breaking,
Eight dead horses,
Seven slaughter setups,
Six agents lying,
Five bogus dates,
Four zeroed herds,
Three covert round ups,
Two convict pilots,
And one rogue BLM agency.

Let’s Pray for a NEW version, Next Year!!

Horses in the Nevada snow

2012.12.22 Updated Slaughter Stats & Website changes

Today's News

Just disgusting. Mexico is up 62% over last year, Canada is down 3% and Japan is up 867%.

Overall, 33% more horses were slaughtered than this time last year.

By Year

By Week & Month

Year over Year 2006-2012

  

If you haven't been over to our website lately, I've moved a few things to make it easier to find information.

At the top of the horse slaughter page is a running recap of the attempted opening of horse slaughter plants with links to the source information. The slaughter stats are below the plant info.

We added a page for horse meat food safety information. The regulations are at the top followed by published white papers and studies, then EU reports and recalls and lastly, articles by investigative reporters and journalists - key word investigative!

There is a page for John's PowerPoint presentations, PSAs and other hand-outs that were developed for specific initiatives. 

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Other news:

Snohomish County Council bans slaughter of horses for food | Local News | The Seattle Times

Plan to be Presented on Wild Horse Policy « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Lake City Reporter > Archives > News > We’ll have a role in the healing

Duncan: Rescued horse becomes movie star | Vermont - WPTZ Home

Front Range Equine Rescue - Our Mission

ELKO: Winnemucca District BLM completes Owyhee gather operations; Elko District BLM will resume after holidays (12-20-12)

No American Horse Steak for You, Europeans

Forbes

One of the surprises we got when we moved to Luxembourg was in the butcher section of the supermarkets, where a selection of horse meat appears among the beef, veal and pork. We had to be careful not to take it by mistake since it looks almost the same as beef, if slightly darker.

A horsemeat butcher in                 southern France                                                 photo: Wikipedia

We’re not horse meat eaters, although my husband has been tempted to accept a friend’s invitation to a restaurant that prepares “the best horse steaks in the country.” Throughout Europe - France, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, and Netherlands, among others – and in a few Asian cultures, horse meat is a delicacy.

Read entire article here.

More Horses in the News

Comments & Petitions to Help Wild Horses, Needed by 12/18/12:
http://tinyurl.com/c6ddnze  and http://tinyurl.com/bq5hykj 

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Horse doping in US hits European dining tables | South China Morning Post

Urgent: Eagle Lake Field Office “Rush Fire Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation” EA DOI-BLM-CA-NO50-2012-45-EA « Straight from the Horse's Heart

BATTLE MOUNTAIN: BLM to Gather Wild Horses from the Diamond Complex (12-13-12)

American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

Wild horse slaughter in the West invigorates debate over BLM policy - The Denver Post

Gather Reports

2012.12.17 A must read from a report on EU consumers

Proof: Canadian Food Inspection Agency Allows Tainted Horse Meat into Human Food Chain « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Drugged-Up Horsemeat From U.S. Showing Up In Europe | KCUR

Wild Horse Roundup: todays truth - CNN iReport