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News articles and other resources regarding unwanted horses and horse slaughter
– National Coverage –
 
These articles and reports have been compiled for reference purposes. Additional resources will be added as they come to our attention. All links were active at the time of original publication; some of these links are no longer active, but remain on this list as resources. For information regarding the content of linked sites, or to request content from sites without active links, please contact the source of the media report.
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Colorado Horse Rescue, Days End Join Unwanted Horse Group
The Horse.com
November 4, 2009

Horse rescues prepare for long winter ahead
theHorse.com
By Pat Raia
October 11, 2009

BLM plan would relocate wild horses
theHorse.com
By Pat Raia
October 9, 2009

Horse shelters overflowing
Drovers
August 5, 2009

Critics worry measure to save wild horses is taxpayer drain
Lajeunesse, W
Fox News
July 29, 2009

Horse found with brand cut out of hide in Nevada
Griffith, M
Associated Press
July 10, 2009

Groups push to restart horse slaughter in United States
The Associated Press
Daily News (Wash.)
July 20, 2009

Room to roam: House votes to rescue wild horses
Freking, K
The Associated Press
July 18, 2009

Unwanted Horse Coalition Releases National Survey Results
AVMA: Issues
July 9, 2009
For more information, read the full report on the Unwanted Horse Coalition's website.

Horses to the Slaughter
Wilde, M
Salon
June 30, 2009

Horse owners forced to say goodbye
Hughes S
CBSNews.com
May 3, 2009

Financial pressures slow mustang adoptions
Oberbeck S
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
April 30, 2009

Surge in abandoned horses renews debate over slaughterhouses
Zezima K
New York Times (N.Y.)
April 6, 2009

Legislation moves ahead to restore horse slaughter in the U.S.
Feedstuffs.com
February 25, 2009

Equine advocates brainstorm ideas to help unwanted horses
Raia P
The Horse.com
February 24, 2009

Horse Slaughter: States vs. Congress
UPI
February 17, 2009

Several States Moving Toward Horse Slaughter
Mckitrick C
Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)
February 16, 2009

Horse Slaughter Legislation Reintroduced
Raia P
The Horse.com
January 16, 2009

Unwanted horse problem to be analyzed in initial study
American Veterinary Medical Association (Ill.)
www.avma.org
January 15, 2009

AAEP and Intervet/Schering-Plough Create Unwanted Horse Veterinary ...
Equestrianmag.com (Fla.)
January 12, 2009

Unwanted Horse Group Urges Adoption
TheHorse.com (Kent.)
January 7, 2009

Congress Rejects Conyers Proposal to Criminalize Horse Slaughter
Chumley C
The Heartland Institute (Ill.)
January 1, 2009

Abandoned Horses Are on the Rise
DeLong J
USA Today
December 16, 2008

Retirement Ranch Planned for Wild Horses
Layton L
Washington Post (Wash. D.C.)
November 19, 2008

A Dramatic Rescue for Doomed Wild Horses of the West
Layton L
Washington Post (Wash, D.C.)
November 18, 2008

Horses Suffer, Owners Struggle With Soaring Feed Prices
Mott M
National Geographic News
September 8, 2008

Homeless on the Range
Stange MZ
USA Today
August 14, 2008

Horse Neglect Cases Rise with Cost of Feed, Hay
USA Today/msn.com
July 5, 2008

Government Considering Euthanizing Wild Horses
Chereb S, Sonner S
Associated Press
July 1, 2008

Horse Neglect: What to Do?
Sellnow L
The Horse.com
June 1, 2008

An Epidemic of Abandoned Horses
Dawson P
Time.com
May 28, 2008

The Slaughter Debate: A Two-Sided Issue
Winegar K
Equisearch.com [reprinted from October 2007 issue of Horse & Rider]
Accessed May 12, 2008

The Slaughter Debate: Solving the Puzzle
Winegar K
Equisearch.com [reprinted from November 2007 issue of Horse & Rider]
Accessed May 12, 2008

Barbaro's Brother Will Eat $5214 as Ethanol Raises Horse Feed
Wolf C
Bloomberg.com
April 30, 2008

Activists Fight Horse Exports to Mexico
Perkowski M
Capital Press
April 7, 2008

U.S. Shelters Saddled with Unwanted Horses
Dorell O
USA Today
March 24, 2008

The Shane Report: the law of unintended consequences applied to horse slaughter
Shane S
Watt Poultry (poultry.com)
January 16, 2008

Closures lead to increased horse shipments to Mexico
Steever, T., & Russell, D.
Brownfield Ag. News for America
January 10, 2008

Horse exports to Mexico up over 300 percent
Henderson, G.
Drovers Alert
January 10, 2008

U.S. horse slaughter exports to Mexico increase 312%
JAVMA
December 27, 2007

USDA Proposing Change to Horse Slaughter Transport Regulations
Ryder E
The Horse
December 18, 2007

Let activist groups pay for unwanted horse care
Young, C.
Brownfield Ag News for America
October 25, 2007

Killer Consequences
Shlachter B
Western Horseman
August issue (2007)

We eat horses don't we?
Weil, C.
The New York Times
March 5, 2007

 

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