Animal killing

Animal Welfare Groups Commend U.S. House of Representatives for Passing Critical Amendment to Ban Horse Slaughter

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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Food and drink, Cruelty to animals, Cuisine, Meat industry, Food industry, Animal killing, Horse slaughter, Horse meat, Animal slaughter, Horse welfare, Brian Fitzpatrick

"This important bipartisan amendment stops equines from being slaughtered for human consumption," said amendment sponsor Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).

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  • "This important bipartisan amendment stops equines from being slaughtered for human consumption," said amendment sponsor Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
  • "Today we took a crucial step to shut down the horse slaughter pipeline permanently.
  • Congress now has a prime opportunity to expressly prohibit the movement of horses to slaughter, safeguarding horse welfare and public health.
  • It's time to close the slaughter pipeline for good and we commend Representatives Carter, Fitzpatrick, Titus, Cohen, Katko, and the other bipartisan leaders of this amendment."

Historic Comprehensive Anti-Horse Slaughter Transport Amendment Passes U.S. House

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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Food and drink, Food industry, Cruelty to animals, Culture, Meat industry, Livestock, Animal killing, Horse slaughter, Horse meat, Animal slaughter, Horse

The measure bans the transport of equines across state lines or to Canada or Mexico for slaughter for human consumption.

Key Points: 
  • The measure bans the transport of equines across state lines or to Canada or Mexico for slaughter for human consumption.
  • Its time to turn that agreement to action and fully ban the transportation of horses for slaughter.
  • By banning the transport of horses to slaughter, thisstrategic initiative would effectively put an end to horse slaughter in the U.S, once and for all.
  • The Carter-Fitzpatrick slaughter amendment cant come a moment too soon for the horses, said Debbie Coburn, founder of Four Corners Equine Rescue.

Animal Welfare Groups Commend Federal Lawmakers for Reintroducing Bill to Ban Horse Slaughter

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Food and drink, Cruelty to animals, Cuisine, Food industry, Animal killing, Horse slaughter, Meat industry, Feral horses, Horse meat, Animal slaughter, Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act

b'WASHINGTON, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation today to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad.

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  • b'WASHINGTON, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation today to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad.
  • "I look forward to continuing to lead the effort with Congresswoman Schakowsky to ban domestic horse slaughter and end the export of horses abroad for the same purpose.
  • The HSLF works to pass animal protection laws at the state and federal level, to educate the public about animal protection issues, and to support humane candidates for office.
  • It also operates the AmericanWild Horse Sanctuary at four California locations, caring for 500 wild horses and 51 burros.

Parks Canada celebrates World Migratory Bird Day by shooting hundreds of cormorants on Middle Island, Lake Erie

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Friday, May 7, 2021
Animal killing, Animal rights, Cruelty to animals, Bird conservation, Ornithology, Vertebrate zoology, Branches of biology, Middle Island, Double-crested cormorant, Culling, Bird migration, Bird Day

b'TORONTO, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Animal Alliance of Canada stresses that World Migratory Bird Day is important because it raises awareness about need to protect migratory birds and their habitats.

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  • b'TORONTO, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Animal Alliance of Canada stresses that World Migratory Bird Day is important because it raises awareness about need to protect migratory birds and their habitats.
  • It highlights the threats faced by migratory birds, points to their ecological importance, and stresses the need for international cooperation to conserve them.\nThat\xe2\x80\x99s why it is so troubling that the Ontario government and Parks Canada fail to celebrate the spectacular return of the Double-crested Cormorant, whose population was driven to precarious numbers twice in the last two centuries and rebounded in the last 70 years.\nUnder Premier Ford, Ontario has declared the cormorant a \xe2\x80\x9cgame bird\xe2\x80\x9d, which it is not, so that hunters can shoot them from mid-September to the end of December and let them go to waste.
  • It is an outright attack on a migratory bird population that deserves our admiration and protection.\nOn days just before and after World Migratory Bird Day (May 8, 2021), Parks Canada is conducting a cormorant cull on Middle Island, part of Point Pelee National Park.\xc2\xa0 Instead of celebrating and nurturing a spectacular waterbird colony, comprised in part of cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Night-Herons, and Great Egrets, the park has subjected this little island and its migratory bird population to yearly cormorant culls, killing over 20,000 of them to date.\nThis year is no exception even though Ontario is in an emergency lockdown.\xc2\xa0 Parks Canada staff insisted that the cull must take place and the first day of shooting was May 6, 2021.\nSo once again, Animal Alliance of Canada, Zoocheck and Cormorant Defenders International urge the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson to signify the importance of World Migratory Bird Day and order his Parks Canada staff to cancel the cull.\n'

Waggle.org and FurEver Fund Rescuing Families from Economic Euthanasia

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Euthanasia, Animal welfare, Animal euthanasia, Animal killing, Medicine, Bioethics, Applied ethics

ESSEX, Conn., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Waggle.org today announced many more thousands of pet families are looking to the kindness of a sequestered nation to prevent the heartbreak of economic euthanasia.

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  • ESSEX, Conn., Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Waggle.org today announced many more thousands of pet families are looking to the kindness of a sequestered nation to prevent the heartbreak of economic euthanasia.
  • Via its FurEver Fund , Waggle invites America to support its mission to help sick and injured animals in need of financial support.
  • With unemployment rates at historic levels, many pet owners cannot afford medical treatment for severely sick or injured pets leading to record rates of "Economic Euthanasia."
  • Economic euthanasia is on the rise nationally in economically challenged communities who especially benefit from pet companionship.

Horses in Our Hands ramps up efforts to ban horse slaughter

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Food and drink, Food industry, Meat industry, Livestock, Culture, Cruelty to animals, Animal killing, Horse slaughter, Animal rights, Horse meat, Animal slaughter, Horse

2006, which permanently bans horse slaughter in the U.S. and prevents the export of horses for the same purpose.

Key Points: 
  • 2006, which permanently bans horse slaughter in the U.S. and prevents the export of horses for the same purpose.
  • Horses in Our Hands is the only equine welfare-specific organization lobbying congress for the permanent ban on horse slaughter during the current legislative session.
  • Without slaughterhouses, most horses would go to responsible new owners or taken in by the large number of horse rescue organizations.
  • For more information on how to support a ban on horse slaughter and the passage of the SAFE Act, visit: www.horsesinourhands.org .

Pigs at slaughter: measures to address welfare concerns

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Meat industry, Animal killing, Meat, Food and drink, Animals, Animal slaughter, Animal welfare, Stunning, Pig slaughter, Slaughter, Domestic pig

EFSA highlights the lack of skills and/or training of the staff working in slaughtering as a serious welfare concern.

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  • EFSA highlights the lack of skills and/or training of the staff working in slaughtering as a serious welfare concern.
  • The scientific opinion published today is the latest in a series of updated assessments on animal welfare at slaughter requested by the European Commission.
  • It proposes measures to address the welfare hazards most commonly associated with the slaughter of pigs for food production and follows similar opinions on poultry and rabbits.
  • The comprehensive overview on pigs covers the slaughter process from arrival and unloading of pigs through stunning to bleeding and killing.

Animal Shelters Close Due to Covid-19

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Dogs as pets, Animals, Animal welfare, Bioethics, Animal shelters, Animal euthanasia, Animal killing, Euthanasia, Pet adoption

Home To Home has partnered with 17 animal shelters around the nation to help pets find loving homes amidst a pandemic that has forced many shelters to close.

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  • Home To Home has partnered with 17 animal shelters around the nation to help pets find loving homes amidst a pandemic that has forced many shelters to close.
  • In normal times, animal shelters take pets in when owners surrender them for reasons like financial hardship, housing instability or other life circumstances.
  • It has gained national recognition from animal welfare organizations for its lifesaving potential to reduce the staggering 733,000 animals euthanized every year in animal shelters due to resource constraints and a lack of space.
  • Home To Home is a national program working with animal shelters to provide a proactive approach to caring for pets.

Lewis & Clark Law School Clinic Files Lawsuit Against USDA Over Slaughter of Sick, Injured Pigs

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Thursday, February 6, 2020
Legal, Professional services, Meat, Food and drink, Meat industry, Food industry, Animal rights, Livestock, Animal killing, French cuisine, Animal slaughter, Slaughterhouse, Pork

They are represented by the Animal Law Litigation Clinic at the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School.

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  • They are represented by the Animal Law Litigation Clinic at the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School.
  • Every year, well over half a million pigs arrive at U.S. slaughterhouses too sick or injured to stand or walk.
  • Law school clinic student Hira Jaleel added, the Department of Agriculture violates the very laws it is entrusted with enforcing by encouraging cruel and inhumane handling of weak and sick pigs.
  • Despite the passage of nearly two decades, there is no indication that the USDA has ever reported on nonambulatory pigs, even though pigs comprise approximately 75% of livestock slaughter in the U.S.
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U.S. House Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Federal Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Horses, Equidae, Food and drink, Feral horses, Animal killing, Cruelty to animals, Meat industry, Livestock, Horse meat, Horse slaughter, Animal slaughter, Horse

961) , federal legislation that would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of American horses for slaughter abroad.

Key Points: 
  • 961) , federal legislation that would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of American horses for slaughter abroad.
  • Horses are ingrained in our national story and deserve far better than being exported in inhumane conditions for slaughter.
  • Many of the substances used to treat horses are banned by the FDA, making horse meat dangerous for human consumption.
  • Return to Freedom Wild Horse Conservation(RTF) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to wild horse preservation through sanctuary, education, conservation and advocacy since 1998.