Program Term Archive
Equines
Illinois Legislation Banning Double Deckers
Press ReleaseNovember 5, 2007EquinesIn 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...
US Court of Appeals Upholds Illinois Ban on Horse Slaughter
Press ReleaseAugust 21, 2007EquinesRecognizing the will of the people of Illinois and championing America's horses, a three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today ruled unanimously to uphold...
US House of Representatives Votes to Stop
Press ReleaseAugust 2, 2007EquinesOnce again, Congress has voiced its opposition to horse slaughter. The US House of Representatives today approved an amendment to the 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill that will temporarily bring horse...
Man Hauling Horses To Slaughter Charged With Animal Cruelty
Press ReleaseAugust 10, 2006EquinesJust days after a committee of the US House of Representatives tried to kill legislation aimed at curtailing commercial horse slaughter in the United States, a Mississippi man hauling 19...
Heber Wild Horse Territory
Press ReleaseAugust 31, 2005EquinesWe have learned that the US Forest Service plans to remove 400 wild Arizona horses from the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest in Eastern Arizona and sell them at auction in Sun...