Group Urges Federal Agency to Work with Wild Horse Advocates to Develop Humane, Cost-Efficient Management Program and Applauds Private Bailout Plan
The Humane Society of the United States denounces any serious consideration of selling off or killing more than 30,000 wild horses currently housed in BLM holding cente... full article
WASHINGTON — The Humane Society of the United States applauds a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upholding a U.S. Department of Agriculture ruling that Herbert and Jill Derickson of Tennessee violated the Horse Protection Act when they transported and entered a sored Tennessee... full article
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Humane Society of the United States announces plans to participate in the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian GamesTM. Plans include a booth throughout the 16-day event, a VIP reception with horse industry leaders and other special events.
"Through its equine protection programs, The HSUS ... full article
The Humane Society of the United States praises the House Judiciary Committee for favorably passing legislation to ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption overseas, as well as the export of American horses to other countries for slaughter, and urges swift passage of the bill by the full House. Hou... full article
Group Offers $2,500 Reward for Information in the Case
There is a happy end in sight for the 11 abandoned horses found last week near Molalla, Ore. At a public auction today, six of the horses were purchased by good families. At the request of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, The Humane Society of the United S... full article
Urges Tennessee Walking Horse Industry to Adopt Recommendations
WASHINGTON — The Humane Society of the United States applauded recommendations set out in the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ newly released white paper, “Putting the Horse First: Veterinary Recommendations for Endi... full article
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has introduced legislation to ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption overseas, as well as the export of American horses to other countries for slaughter. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) introduced the bill,... full article
WASHINGTON — Twenty-five national and state-based equine-protection, placement and rescue organizations gathered Tuesday for the second Homes for Horses Coalition Conference to discuss the re-homing of at-risk horses in America. The Humane Society of the United States and the Animal Welfare Institute join... full article
WASHINGTON -- The Humane Society of the United States, which has been campaigning to ban the slaughter of American horses for food exports, hailed a decision today by the United States Supreme Court denying the foreign-owned horse slaughter industry's final appeal to resume slaughtering horses. T... full article
Facility Will Be Sister Operation to World-Famous Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch
WASHINGTON — The Humane Society of the United States announced that it will open a new 1,120-acre horse sanctuary and rescue facility in Douglas County, Ore. — the organization's fourth major animal care facility. The D... full article
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for several acts of apparent animal cruelty at an equine rescue center near Morriston.
The Case:
News reports give the following a... full article
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At the first annual Sound Horse Conference, leading animal welfare organizations joined with Tennessee Walking Horse industry groups to announce the formation of the Alliance to End Soring. The conference took place April 11 and 12 in Columbus, Ohio.
"This deliberate infliction of pain upon ... full article
The Humane Society of the United States Press has announced the release of The Humane Society of the United States Complete Guide to Horse Care, an educational resource for first-time and experienced horse owners. The book includes information on how to choose a horse; meeting a horse's physical, emotional and nutri... full article
The Humane Society of the United States has announced it will offer a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any violator of Tennessee's "horse soring" law, which prohibits the deliberate infliction of pain to horses' feet to produce an artificially high-stepping gait. Ads announci... full article
The Humane Society of the United States announced today the start of an online auction featuring VIP packages donated by Mari Hulman George, the Chairman of the Board of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, to raise funds for HSUS equine protection programs. The three packages are for the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on May 25... full article
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward up to $2,500 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the shooting death of a 29-year-old quarter horse, who was found... full article
The Humane Society of the United States today called the news of another New York City carriage horse death a prime example of why the city should adopt Councilman Tony Avella's legislation to entirely ban carriage horses from New York City.
Last week an eight-year-old Percheron carriage horse was found ... full article
WASHINGTON — The Homes for Horses Coalition today launched homesforhorses.org. The website is a resource tool for equine rescue personnel, members of the media and anyone interested in equine protection efforts.
"We're excited about the launch of our website and what it offers to the rapidly growing body of ... full article
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In response to the recent death of 18 young Belgian draft horses, Illinois State Reps. Bob Molaro and JoAnn Osmond have introduced legislation to ban the use of double-decker trucks to transport horses in the state.
"We commend Representative Molaro and Representative Osmond for the... full article
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) partnered with the Corolla Wild Horse Fund to offer a reward of up to $12,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a series of unsolved wild horse shootings stemming from 2001 on North Carolina’s Outer Banks... full article
Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, released the following statement in response to Saturday's accident on Route 41 in Illinois that resulted in the death or injury of 59 young Belgian draft horses.
"We mourn the loss of these magnificent creatures. I extend my most heartfe... full article
New video reveals inhumane treatment of American horses shipped to Mexico for human consumption
Although all U.S. based horse slaughterhouses have been shut down, thousands of American horses are still shipped across our borders into Mexico and Canada where they are inhumanely butchered and sold for human consumpti... full article
Today, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) hailed a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upholding the State of Illinois' decision to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Illinois is home to the last remaining horse slaughter plant in the country, and the ru... full article
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the intentional mutilation of a 15-year-old quarter horse that ultimately caused the horse to be humanely euthanized.
The Case:
Blaze,... full article
In light of the recent death of a carriage horse in New York City, The Humane Society of the United States reiterates its call for more humane working conditions by removing horses from congested city streets and implementing the recommendations of City Comptroller William Thompson's recent audit.
On Friday, a hor... full article
Horsemen and women looking for a new mount or companion can now search the Internet for adoptable equines, through a national horse adoption database launched by The Humane Society of the United States and Pets911.com.
The website, available through humanesociety.org and Pets911.com, is a clearinghouse of available... full article
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for attacking a horse with an ax in Robertson County, Tenn.
The Case:
On August 15, a pet horse named Fancy was found by her owners with a tobacco ax embedd... full article
New rules in place at the 69th Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration - which began this week – offer some signs of progress for an industry that has been plagued for decades by the specter of soring. But recent allegations of illegal and inhumane training methods serve as a reminder that the indus... full article
Late last night, the U.S. House of Representatives once again agreed to stop slaughtering American horses for human consumption, by adding a provision to the Agriculture spending bill for 2008 that prohibits the use of funds to allow horse slaughter to continue.
The funding restriction... full article
National and state-based equine-protection, placement and rescue organizations gathered for the first time Friday to discuss the re-homing of at-risk horses in America. The Homes for Horses Conference was jointly sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI).
Con... full article
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for slashing the throat of a horse near St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Case:On July 14, Patty and Rich Stadt of Inver Grove Heights, Minn... full article
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) today hailed a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Frederick J. Kapala upholding a new Illinois law that prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the law, which took effect immediately, on May 24. Shortly thereafter, C... full article
The Humane Society of the United States today hailed the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its successful prosecution of a case under the federal Horse Protection Act (HPA).
The case involved Tim Holley, a Tennessee Walking Horse trainer in Byhalia, Miss. who was found guilty of showing a horse while the horse was... full article
The Humane Society of the United States praised the New York State Senate for its recent passage of legislation to ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption and urged the State Assembly to quickly follow suit.
The Senate bill, S01462, was passed by a decisive vote of 60-1. The bill,... full article
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting a horse three times as she was grazing in Shirley, Ind. The $2,500 reward offered by The HSUS is in addition to the current $500 reward w... full article
The Humane Society of the United States today asked a U.S. District Court judge to uphold a new Illinois law that prohibits the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the law, which took effect immediately, on May 24. The legislation generated strong support from lawmakers all a... full article
Slaughtering horses for human consumption is now prohibited under a new Illinois law signed today by Governor Rod Blagojevich. The Humane Society of the United States praised lawmakers for enacting the legislation, which closes the only horse slaughter facility currently operating in the United States.
"The slaugh... full article
Nation's Highest Court Ends Legal Battle over Horse Slaughter in Texas
Today, The Humane Society of the United States, which has been campaigning to ban the slaughter of American horses for export for human consumption, hailed a decision yesterday by the United States Supreme Court denying the horse slaughter indus... full article
The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization, applauded today's landslide vote in the Illinois Senate to ban the slaughter of American horses in Illinois for human consumption overseas. The Senate approved H.B. 1711 late Wednesday by a vote of 39 to 16, a more than two... full article
AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas State Senate last night approved an amendment to S. 911, with the aim of overturning the state's 1949 law that makes the practice of horse slaughter illegal , without any debate. This action comes just months after a federal appellate court ruled that a 1949 Texas statute bans the slaughter... full article
WASHINGTON – Today, an Illinois Senate Committee voted 7-0 to pass a bill banning the slaughter of American horses for human consumption overseas. The Humane Society of the United States applauds the Senate Committee and urges the full Senate to quickly pass this legislation.
The bill, H.B. 1711, passed the I... full article
"We are disappointed that healthy horses may again be inhumanely killed at this foreign-owned plant. Now more than ever, we need to work together to pass federal and state legislation to end this barbaric business of slaughtering horses for profit.
As explained in the dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge ... full article
WASHINGTON – A bill to restore federal protections for wild horses and burros from the sale and subsequent slaughter for human consumption overseas overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives today by more than a two to one margin in a vote of 277 to 137. In considering today's bill, the House also... full article
WASHINGTON – In an unyielding campaign to end the slaughter of American horses for human consumption overseas, lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee today approved the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S. 311) by a roll call vote of 15 to 7. The Humane Society of the United States applauds the comm... full article
MURCHISON, Texas – After narrowly escaping death at the DeKalb, Ill. horse slaughter plant earlier this month, two horses arrived safely today at their new and permanent home: the Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch, a 1,300-acre animal sanctuary operated by The Fund for Animals. Monitored by rescue workers fro... full article
WASHINGTON - In the latest in a series of blows to the foreign-owned horse slaughter industry, a federal district court ordered a shut-down of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that allowed the slaughter of American horses for human consumption to be paid for by the slaughter houses. The scheme was put ... full article
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization, urged the Executive Committee of the Illinois General Assembly to pass legislation banning the slaughter of American horses in Illinois for human consumption overseas.
H.B. 1711 makes it unlawful ... full article
WASHINGTON – Recent claims that thousands of horses have been abandoned in Kentucky are unfounded. The Humane Society of the United States is calling it a campaign of fear mongering by a foreign-owned horse slaughter industry which is on its last legs in the United States. Proponents of slaughtering American h... full article
WASHINGTON – Within a day of the U.S. Court of Appeals' rejection of a petition from two foreign-owned horse slaughterhouses in Texas seeking to remain open, a Texas lawmaker has already introduced a bill to repeal the 1949 state law banning the sale and possession of horse meat for human consumption. Animal w... full article
The Humane Society of the United States Commends Today's Vote
WASHINGTON – Legislation to outlaw the commercial sale and slaughter of America's wild horses was passed today out of the House Natural Resources Committee. H.R. 249 seeks to restore permanent federal protections for wild horses and burros from sal... full article
Two of the Nation's Three Horse Slaughter Plants Must Now Close
WASHINGTON —Today, The Humane Society of the United States hailed a decision yesterday by the entire United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to affirm an earlier panel decision upholding a Texas state law banning the sale of horsemea... full article
Belgian-Owned Dallas Crown Ignored HSUS Offer to Take Custody of Horses Stuck in Pipeline and Place them at Horse Sanctuaries
WASHINGTON – Despite an offer by The Humane Society of the United States to take custody of approximately 100 horses caught for up to two weeks in the slaughter pipeline after a federa... full article
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for shooting two horses at a veterinary clinic in Vero Beach, Florida on January 11.
The Case:According to the Indian River ... full article
WASHINGTON – Today, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act was introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to ban the slaughter of American horses for human consumption overseas. The Senate bill, S.311, was introduced by Mary Landrieu (D-La.), and John Ensign (R-Nev.), and t... full article
WASHINGTON – A bill to restore the 34-year ban on the commercial sale and slaughter of America's wild, free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 249) was introduced today by U.S. Representatives Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.). Similar legislation was passed unanimously last May as an amendment... full article
