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Horse Welfare News Archives
South Dakota Senate passes horse-harvest resolution
February 26, 2008 - Rapid City Journal
Equine Cruelty Investigator Training - Richmond, Virginia - April 18 - 20, 2008
New York Appoints Retired Race Horse Task Force Members
February 25, 2008
Horse abuse debate could heat up again
February 24, 2008 - Rockford Register Star
Livestock Marketing Association asks Supreme Court to review Illinois horse slaughter ruling
February 22, 2008 - The Prairie Star
Colorado rescue operations creating Project HORSE
February 22, 2008 - The Gazette
City Finally Removes Horse Manure, Carcasses from Abandon Lot
February 20, 2008 - MyFox Philapdelphia
Horse Health Warning 2-20-08:
Equine Encephalitis Kills Horses, Volusia County, FL
Third equine shelter to be licensed in Illinois
February 20,2008
Firefighters receive horse rescue training
February 19, 2008 - The Citizen (UK)
Second neglected horse dies this year
February 17, 2008 - Star-Beacon
Humane deaths for horses 'too costly'
February 17, 2008 - Arizona Daily Star
Number of U.S. horses sent to slaughter in Mexico soars
February 17, 2008 - Houston Chronicle
Horses left to starve after Romania bans carts
February 17, 2008 - Telegragh.co.uk
Neglected horse dies; county failed to check
February 10, 2008 - The Post-Tribune
Jackson County horse care bill: $133,031
February 5, 2008 - The Grand Rapid Press
Horse Abandonment - National Epidemic
February 5, 2008 - WLAJ, Lansing, MI
Horse-slaughter bill outcry keeps it alive
February 4, 2008 - Rapid City Journal
Dozens of Animals Rescued from Kenosha County (Wisconsin) Property
February 2, 2008 - TMJ 4
Dead, Starving Animals Found In Bannock County (Idaho)
February 2, 2008 - Local News 8
Drought forces some owners to get rid of horses
February 1.
2008 -
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Neglect cases soaring in Minnesota
January 31, 2008
Councilwoman targets horse tripping
Jan. 27, 2008 - The Arizona Republic
Horses becoming casualties of faltering economy
January 26, 2008 - Frederick News-Post
Police protect man at horse death farm
January 25, 2008 - Bucks
Free Press
Hay shortage hurts horse owners
January 25, 2008 - The Grand
Rapids Press
48 horses seized in Middleburg. VA
January 24, 2008
5 Emaciated Horses Seized in Caroline County, Virginia
January 24, 2008 - Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Ex-racehorse found dead; two others malnourished
January 21, 2008 - KOMO TV
Measure would ban horse slaughter
January 21, 2008
Garfield County (Colorado) sponsors the auction of rescued horses
January 20, 2008
Horses suffer amid overbreeding
January 19, 2008 - Orlando Sentinel
Man accused of starving horse
January 19, 2008 - Barron News
Shield
Agencies seeing a rise in neglected or unwanted horses
January 18, 2008 - WAVE 3,
Louisville, KY
Horses taken from horse rescue
January 18, 2008 - Park County, CO
Horse owners can do little as crisis grows
January 18. 2008
Reward Offered in Horse Cruelty Case
January 16, 2008
Horse ownership is a luxury these days
January
16, 2008
Equine Rescue Volunteer Certification
The Equine Institute - Monroe, NC
Horse Slaughter: A French Butcher's Perspective
January 14 2008
Hay shortage hurting GA horse owners
January 18, 2008
Elderly horse rescued from icy ditch
January 13, 2008
Shelters inundated as owners can't care for horses - Pittsburgh Tribune-Herald
January 13, 2008
Horses, too, discarded in Arizona housing crisis
January 13, 2008 - Arizona Republic
Drought is a hard time for horses
January
13, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
Thurston County, WA - Increase in neglect
January 13, 2008
Neighbors Shocked at Horses' Condition - 5 dead
January 12, 2008
WKCY - Nurturing animals back to health
Ohio.com - Inquiry will take time
Farm operator arrested in horse deaths -January 15, 2008
Animal Protective League receives support - January 17, 2008
2007 ASPCA Equine Grants
January 11, 2008
Horses found 'among dead animals'
More than 80 Horses rescued
January 9, 2008
RSPCA
found 31 dead horses, ponies and donkeys in Buckinghamshire.
Officers removed fourteen animals immediately. Three others
were euthanized on veterinarians' advice.
Read more.
Telegraph article
The Guardian - Jan. 10, 2008
Telegraph - Nursing begins - Jan. 11, 2008
ILPH appeals for help - Jan. 12. 2008 - "large cases like this do put a strain on our yards as they are dealing with an increased number of horses, many of whom need intense and specialist care."
Offers of help - January 13, 2008
Call for stricter licensing - January 14. 2008
Livestock
Group Opposing Change to Slaughter Transport Rules
January 08 2008
Kentucky Horse Council Establishes Save Our Horses Fund
Leaner Pastures: As Horses Multiply, Neglect Cases Rise - The Wall Street Journal
January 7, 2008
Possible Plea Deal in Indiana Cruelty Case - Princeton Daily Clarion
January 6, 2008