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Updated May 2, 2008
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Dumped Appaloosa Saved Near Grand Junction
Vader MB
Grand Junction Free Press (Colo.)
May 2, 2008
http://gjfreepress.com/article/20080502/COMMUNITY_NEWS/830830724
People Abandoning Domestic Horses in Wild Herd, BLM Says
Hamilton A
The Daily Sentinel (Colo.)
May 1, 2008
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/05/01/050208_1a_Abandoned_horses.html
Virginia's Horse Industry Trots Through Good Times and Bad
Hayes HB
Virginia Business
May 1, 2008
http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/section_news/article/virginias-horse-industry-trots-through-good-times-and-bad/682/
Washington Horse Rescues Struggle to Survive
Byron L
KING 5 News (Wash.)
May 1, 2008
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_050108ANB_horse_rescue_washington_KS.bc2abf20.html#
Rescued Horses Need Home
Wallace W
KFVS News (Missouri)
May 1, 2008
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=8258145&nav=8H3x
Eight Horse Heads Found on Fayette County Farm
Hessedal K
WREG-TV (Tenn.)
April 30, 2008
http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=8253359
Barbaro's Brother Will Eat $5214 as Ethanol Raises Horse Feed
Wolf C
Bloomberg.com
April 30, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aQ8flfx5E2RY&refer=us#
Caretaker Says Neglected Animals a Sign of Economic Troubles
Malaby A
KXTV (Calif.)
April 29, 2008
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=41339
Horses Pulling Up Lame at Auction
Beal J
Basehor Sentinel (Kan.)
April 29, 2008
http://www2.basehorinfo.com/news/2008/apr/29/horses_pulling_lame_auction/
Farm Gives Old Horses a Place to Find Themselves Again
Howard S (GateHouse News Service)
The Enterprise (Mass.)
April 29, 2008
http://www.enterprisenews.com/archive/x1658004347
Slaughter vs. Rescue
Hall G
The Courier-Journal (Ky.)
April 28, 2008
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/NEWS01/804280405/1008
Unwanted Horses Increasing
Morgan T
KOMU-TV (Mo.)
April 21, 2008
http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/72deba23-80ce-0971-00ca-a9c2146a9f45
Rising Feed Costs Hit Horse Owners
Associated Press
Seattle Post Intelligencer
April 18, 2008
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_horse_costs.html
Help for Overwhelmed Horse Owners
Charles R
WKYT-TV (Kentucky)
April 17, 2008
http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/17853229.html
Officials Search for Person Who Dumped Horse
Konkoly J
Tampa Bay Online.com
April 15, 2008
http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2008/apr/09/officals-search-person-who-dumped-horse/
Shaky Economy Depresses Horse Industry (audio clip)
King A
KPLU (Wash.)
April 14, 2008
http://publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1259988§ionID=1
BSO Investigating Starving Horses with No Owner
WPLG-TV (Fla.)
April 14, 2008
http://www.local10.com/news/15880276/detail.html?rss=mia&psp=news
Horses Left to Die Behind Texas Station
Lawrence E
Las Vegas Now
April 11, 2008
http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7922822&nav=menu102_2
State Eyes Sykesville for Horse Retirement Farm
Schelle C
Gazette.Net
April 10, 2008
http://www.gazette.net/stories/041008/carrnew142712_32356.shtml
Horse Owners Feel Pain of Rising Supply Prices
Henley L
WSLS Channel 10
April 9, 2008
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/horse_owners_feel_pain_of_rising_supply_prices/8540/
Activists Fight Horse Exports to Mexico
Perkowski M
Capital Press
April 7, 2008
http://www.capitalpress.info/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=40527&SectionID=67&SubSectionID=619&S=1
Temecula Woman Forms Group to Help Horses in Need
Horseman J
The Press-Enterprise (Calif.)
April 7, 2008
http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_horses07.3f92cbf.html
Burden Falls on Horse Sanctuary
O'Neill J
Redding.com
April 5, 2008
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/apr/05/burden-falls-horse-sanctuary/
Smith Valley Views: I May be Beating a Dead Horse
Hunewill-Wright M
RGJ.com
April 4, 2008
http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080404/MVN04/804040438/1041/MVN
Hay! Popular Cattle and Horse Feed in Short Supply
Lutey T
Billings Gazette.com
April 3, 2008
http://www.redding.com/news/2008/apr/05/burden-falls-horse-sanctuary/
Whither the Unwanted Horses
Livick S
Cortez Journal (Colo.)
April 1, 2008
http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080401_9.htm
Too Many Horses, Too Few Homes
Bennett D
NCTimes.com
March 29, 2008
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/03/30/news/inland/escondido/dea7bb64bf5ac3ad882574170076d165.prt
Cavel International Shutdown Causes Abundance of Horses
Stein T
WIFR Channel 23 (Ill.)
March 26, 2008
http://wifr.com/home/headlines/17031041.html
U.S. Shelters Saddled with Unwanted Horses
Dorell O
USA Today
March 24, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-23-Horses_N.htm?POE=click-refer
'It's 200 Times Worse'
Binder K
Southern Illinoisan
March 12, 2008
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2008/03/12/front_page/23693704.txt
Closing of U.S. Slaughterhouses Limits Options for Getting Rid Of Marginal Horses
Blackwell S
Southeast Missourian
March 11, 2008
http://www.semissourian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080311/NEWS01/873221880/-1/news01
Slaughter Ban Creates Problems, Not Solutions
Rapid City Journal (S.D.)
March 7, 2008
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/03/07/news/opinions/doc47cc91d7199e3035968644.txt
Activists Want End to Horse Slaughter
Loh C
BostonNOW (Mass.)
March 6, 2008
http://www.bostonnow.com/news/local/2008/03/06/activists-want-end-to-horse-slaughter
Committee Stops Horse Slaughter Bill
Zimmermann A
Rockford Register Star (Ill.)
March 5, 2008
http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x39085076
Slaughterhouse Legislation May Worsen Horse Market
Montag M
Sioux City Journal (Iowa)
March 3, 2008
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2008/03/02/news/top/ac2dcbaaf4af6bf3862574000014caf0.txt
Hungry, Hungry Horses
Warren J
Lexington Herald-Leader (Ky.)
March 2, 2008
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/334736.html
Local Rescue Groups Overwhelmed With Unwanted Horses
Welsch A
WBIR-TV (Tenn.)
February 29, 2008
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=55138&provider=gnews
Trexler farm may hold more evidence
Stewart D, Kuenzie J
WIS-TV (S. Carolina)
February 28, 2008
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7935144
Panel Weighs Fate of Retired Racehorses
Coleman L
Daily Gazette (N.Y.)
February 26, 2008
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/feb/26/0226_horses/
Racers Find Place to Slow Down
Goodman J
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (N.Y.)
February 26, 2008
http://www.rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/NEWS05/802270312/1002/NEWS
Humane Society Seizes 23 Horses From Eastover
Tate I
Rock Hill Herald (S.C.)
February 26, 2008
http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/388045.html
Marketplace Reins in Hope for Horse Sales
Hord B
North Platte Telegraph (Neb.)
February 25, 2008
http://www.nptelegraph.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19330974&BRD=377&PAG=461&dept_id=601696&rfi=6
Horse Abuse Debate Could Heat Up Again
Zimmermann A
Rockford Register Star (Ill.)
February 24, 2008
http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x1529761126
Cases of Horse Neglect on the Rise
Byron L
KING-TV (Wash.)
February 21, 2008
http://www.king5.com/video/index.html?nvid=220502
A Heart's Desire to Help Rescue Horses
Meggit J
Millstone Examiner (N.J.)
February 21, 2008
http://examiner.gmnews.com/news/2008/0221/Front_Page/001.html
Humane Deaths for Horses 'Too Costly'
Brodesky J
Arizona Daily Star
February 17, 2008
http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/225508
No Room at the Pen
Booth M
Denver Post
February 17, 2008
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8284227
Illinois Offering Horse Rescue Licensing Option
Raia P
The Horse.com
February 16, 2008
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11346&WT.mc_id=news
Old & Unwanted
Schmidt S
The Gazette (Iowa)
February 13, 2008
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/NEWS/843678899/1006/news
Horse Industry is in Peril
Kessner T
Navasota Examiner (Texas)
February 12, 2008
http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/articles/2008/02/06/news/opinions/editorial03.txtM
Shelters Brim With Abandoned Horses
Thomas J (Cronkite News Service)
The Republic (Ariz.)
February 5, 2008
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0205horses0205.html
Horse-Slaughter Bill Outcry Keeps It Alive
Harlan B
Rapid City Journal (S.D.)
February 4, 2008
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2008/02/04/news/top/doc47a7ddaab3037914354934.txt
Two Licensed Horse Shelters in Illinois; a Third on the Way
Finke D
Bartlett Press (Ill.)
January 30, 2008
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/bartlett/state_news/x603850934
County Gets 48 'Cruelly Treated' Horses
Mummolo J
January 30, 2008
Washington Post (Free Registration Required)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/30/AR2008013003592.html
Four Walls No More for Four-Legged Friends
McKinney M
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul)
January 30, 2008
http://www.startribune.com/business/14873851.html
SD: Horse Slaughter Plant Nixed
Kafka J (Associated Press)
BusinessWeek
January 30, 2008
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8UG9P180.htm
Loss of Slaughter Plants Reins in Horse Market, Leads to Suffering [Commentary]
Boyer R
News-Leader.com
January 29, 2008
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080129/OPINIONS02/801290307/1006/OPINIONS
South Dakota Legislators to Consider Horse Slaughter Plant Incentive
Ryder E
TheHorse.com
January 27, 2008
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11226
Farmers Starved for Hay Alternatives
Hixenbaugh M
Rocky Mount Telegram (N.C.)
January 27, 2008
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/25/hayshortage.html
Equine Emergency
Gardner K
Frederick News Post (Va.)
January 26, 2008
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=70453
Abandoned Horses on Rise in Arizona
Thomas Jeremy (Cronkite News Service)
Tucson Citizen
January 25, 2008
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/75038.php
Hay Shortage Drives Up Prices
Parker R
Kalamazoo Gazette (Mich.)
January 24, 2008
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/hay_shortage_drives_up_prices.html
48 Horses Seized Over Poor Farm Conditions
Mummolo J
Washington Post
January 24, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303791_pf.html
Horses seized from another Colorado rescue
Raia P
The Horse.com
January 23, 2008
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11206
A Tough Time for Horses
Espinoza M
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
January 22, 2008
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/EarlyEdition/article_view.cfm?recordID=8476&publishdate=01/22/2008
Local Vet Builds Network to Help Horses Survive
Espinoza M
Press Democrat
January 22, 2008
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080122/NEWS/476500641/1033/NEWS01
Unwanted horses suffer amid overbreeding
Jackson R
Orlando Sentinel
January 21, 2008
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-horses1908jan19,0,1688975.story
Measure would ban horse slaughter
Carroll JR
Louisville-Courier Journal (Kentucky)
January 21, 2008
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080121/NEWS01/801210419
More than 50 animals removed from Michigan farm
Associated Press
The Horse.com
January 20, 2008
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11191
Agencies seeing a rise in neglected or unwanted horses
Bredar C
WAVE-TV (Kentucky)
January 18, 2008
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=7743924&nav=0RZF
Horse owners can do little as crisis grows
Crawford B
The Courier-Journal (courier-journal.com)
January 18, 2008
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/COLUMNISTS04/801180430/1008/rss01
The Shane Report: the law of unintended consequences applied to horse slaughter
Shane S
Watt Poultry (poultry.com)
January 16, 2008
http://www.wattpoultry.com/PoultryUSA/Article.aspx?id=20678
Horse slaugher: a French butcher's perspective
Leste-Lasserre C
The Horse.com
January 14, 2008
http://www.thehorse.com/PrintArticle.aspx?ID=11161
Shelters inundated as owners can't care for horses
Smith C
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
January 13, 2008
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_547244.html
Drought is a hard time for horses
Jarvie J
Los Angeles Times
January 13, 2008
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-horses13jan13,0,6298728.story?coll=la-home-nation
Horses spared in U.S. face death across the border
Einhorn C
New York Times
January 11, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/us/11horse.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Closures lead to increased horse shipments to Mexico
Steever, T., & Russell, D.
Brownfield Ag. News for America
January 10, 2008
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=65CBE26B-FAE2-FD8C-B41CD3FB44A55171
Horse exports to Mexico up over 300 percent
Henderson, G.
Drovers Alert
January 10, 2008
http://www.drovers.com/alert/latestalert.htm
Leaner pastures: as horses multiply neglect cases rise.
Prada, P.
The Wall Street Journal online
January 7, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119967115694171373-y4MY_PJ9evNfT565sq1RfwOKu7E_20080205.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
Homeless horses: buffeted by high fuel and feed prices, owners are giving up their ponies
Hiers F
Ocala Star-Banner
January 3, 2008
http://www.ocala.com/article/20080103/NEWS/801030334/1001/NEWS01
Horse rescuers taking in record numbers amid drought, hay prices
The Horse.com (Associated Press)
December 29, 2007
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11074
Emaciated horses spur quarrel among area rescue groups
Reed S
Coloradoan.com
December 28, 2007
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/NEWS01/712280327/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02
U.S. horse slaughter exports to Mexico increase 312%
JAVMA
December 27, 2007
www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan08/x080115a.asp
Slaughter ban sparks rise in abandoned horses
Byrns, B.
The Daily Journal
December 26, 2007
http://www.daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=410542
More horses, fewer donors challenge equine rescue groups
Raia P
The Horse.com
December 20, 2007
http://www.thehorse.com/PrintArticle.aspx?ID=11017
Starving horses find a new home
Middleton K
The News Courier
December 19, 2007
http://www.enewscourier.com/local/local_story_339195711.html/resources_printstory
Horse owners need to pony up to responsibilities
Vierebome, P.
The Madison Courier
December 18, 2007
http://www.madisoncourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&subsectionID=253&articleID=40551
USDA Proposing Change to Horse Slaughter Transport Regulations
Ryder E
The Horse
December 18, 2007
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=11000&eID=53840
Does slaughter plant's closure create glut of horses?
Landis T
Rockford Regular Star (rrstar.com)
December 15, 2007
http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x805331036/?printview=true
Horse market could be in trouble, local experts say
Mummey R
The Kalona News
December 13, 2007
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19108222&BRD=1140&PAG=461&dept_id=151338&rfi=6
Horse Talk Radio Program
Park City, Utah
Interview with Lewis, R.
December 8, 2008
http://www.thehegemanmethod.com/radio.html
Horse neglect on the rise across the state
Cone, J.
The Tifton Gazette
December 7, 2007
http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/local_story_265000040.html
N. Idaho authorities concerned about malnourished horse cases
Associated Press
Ag Weekly
December 2, 2007
http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2007/12/02/country_life/equestrian/equine22.txt
Groups try to save horse from slaughter
Sandberg, L.
Statesman.com
December 1, 2007
http://www.statesman.com/search/content/news/stories/local/12/01/1201horses.html
Abandoned horses pose dilemma for ranchers
The Horse.com (Associated Press)
November 23, 2007
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=10863
They Abandon Horses, Don't They?
Cockle R
The Oregonian
November 17, 2007
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1195178173302820.xml&coll=7
Pet Tales: horse slaughter a needed but unpopular option
Fuoco, L.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
November 15, 2007
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07319/833886-62.stm
Rising hay prices crimp horseowners
Bethea A
Charlotte Observer
November 15, 2007
http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/173375.html
Idaho authorities say rising feed costs causing surge in neglect cases
Associated press
The Horse.com
November 2, 2007
http://www.thehorse.com/PrintArticle.aspx?ID=10742
Hay shortage takes toll on horses
Fitzgerald S
The Southern (Ill.)
October 27, 2007
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2007/10/27/top/21959980.txt
Let activist groups pay for unwanted horse care
Young, C.
Brownfield Ag News for America
October 25, 2007
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=D895844A-EC6D-320D-50CCD3938DC6ECCC
Effort to rescue horses strains sanctuaries
Sandberg L
Houston Chronicle
October 21, 2007
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4446413
No easy remedy to horse slaughter problems
Jordan MS
Mount Vernon News
October 15, 2007
http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/07/10/15/sugarcreek.html
Horse Talk Radio Program
Park City, Utah
Interview with Grandin, T.
October 13, 2007
http://www.thehegemanmethod.com/radio.html
With continuing drought, Washington County officials say recent horse neglect cases a sign of things to come
McCown D
Bristol Herald Courier (Va.)
September 30, 2007
http://www.tricities.com/tristate/tri/news/medical.apx.-content-articles-TRI-2007-09-30-0010.html
Horse abuse is on the rise in Georgia
WALB-TV (Ga.)
September 26, 2007
http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7117343&nav=5kZQ
Horse abuse, neglect said to be on uptick
Associated Press
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 23, 2007
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/09/22/APhorseabuse_0923.html
Killer Consequences
Shlachter B
Western Horseman
August issue (2007)
http://westernhorseman.com/stories/08012007/_ca_20070801001.shtml
We eat horses don't we?
Weil, C.
The New York Times
March 5, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/opinion/05weil.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia (June 2007)
http://www.avma.org/issues/animal_welfare/euthanasia.pdf (PDF)
High hay costs push up cases of horse abandonment
Associated Press
The Horse.com
November 29, 2006
http://www.thehorse.com/PrintArticle.aspx?ID=8268
The unintended consequences of a ban on the humane slaughter (processing) of horses in the United States.
Ahern, J.J. et al
2006
Animal Welfare Council, Inc.
www.animalwelfarecouncil.com/html/pdf/consequences.pdf (PDF, 79Kb)
The potential impact of a proposed ban on the sale of U.S. horses for slaughter and human consumption
North, M.S., Bailey, D., & Ward, R.A.
Sept. 2005
Journal of Agribusiness, 23, 1: 1-17.
The plight of the unwanted horse: scope of the problem
Messer, N.T.
2004
AAEP Proceedings, Vol. 50
http://www.aaep.org/images/files/Messer.pdf (PDF, 34Kb)
Characteristics of horse meat consumption and production in Italy
Martuzzi F, Catalano AL, Sussi C
http://www.unipr.it/arpa/facvet/annali/2001/martuzzi.pdf (PDF, 161Kb)
Evolution of the proposed federal slaughter horse transport regulations
Stull, C.L.
2001
Journal of Animal Science, 79, E12-E15.
http://jas.fass.org/cgi/reprint/79/E-Suppl/E12
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