Horse Slaughter Ban Redux.This article focuses on a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which revealed that the banning of horse slaughter in the country shifted the business to less-humane facilities in Canada and Mexico.
Regardless of the perspective, it is clear that most slaughter facilities in the United States were not constructed to suit the euthanasia of the horse because holding the horse’s head and neck stable for stunning or gunshot is far more difficult than it is for ruminants or swine. In the ...
Cases of bovine tuberculosis are usually diagnosed on the basis of tell-tale abnormalities found on slaughter inspection. Tuberculosis in live cattle is identified using the caudal fold test (CFT), in which a small dose of tuberculin is injected into the skin around the tail and then checked 72...
Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the slaughter horse market in the U.S. It notes that the report reveals that the market shifts from the U.S. to Canada and Mexico as a result of the closures of domestic horse slaughter facilities in the country. From GAO's analysis, the same ...
PETA, the animal rights organization known for ad campaigns like 'fur is murder,' says domestic horse slaughter facilities are preferable to shipping horses to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.Jonsson, Patrik
Legislature Eyes Horse Slaughter FacilitiesNASHVILLE - The Tennessee legislature is considering a bill thatwould "encourage" the location...Locker, Richard
The article discusses the need of horse slaughter facilities along with the actual states of horses in the time of financial distress in the U.S. It mentions the decision of Illinois Supreme Court that slaughter of horses for human consumption was illegal. It states that according to American ...
418, which allows the construction of private horse slaughter houses, becomes a law after the refusal of Governor Brian Schweiter to sign or veto the bill on May 1, 2009. The bill was previously vetoed by the Montana governor and returned the amended version to the legislature, However, it...
The article discusses the need of horse slaughter facilities along with the actual states of horses in the time of financial distress in the U.S. It mentions the decision of Illinois Supreme Court that slaughter of horses for human consumption was illegal. It states that according to American ...
E. coli has been isolated in faecal samples from horses, and faecal meat contamination is possible during slaughter [31]. Other authors have pointed out that contamination of horsemeat with Yersinia enterocolitica could be frequent, since this bacterium is often found in horse faecal samples, and...