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Press Room
News Stories
The Final Roundup Pittsburgh Magazine 5 /2004
The Slaughter Question Horse & Rider 12/2002
Renaissance Bob
December 1998
Rescue of a Racehorse
An Eye For An Eye
Story of Catch-22
Horse Popsicle Case
1994
Cruel Transport Results in $11,100 Fine
Horses inside double decker covered with frost.
PA Dealer Sent to Prison
1999
Shady Horse Dealing
Illinois Defeats Horse Slaughterhouse!
1999
Kill Sale
June 1999
Horses To Slaughter
State Lawmakers Urged to
Protect Horses en route to Slaughterhouses
June 1998
State Concerned with Cruelty to Horses Taken for Slaughter
June 1998
New York Does PA's Dirty Work
January 1998
NYSP Stop Double Deck Trailer
Horses inside double deck cattle trailer stopped by the NYSP. The owner was later convicted & fined $3000.00.
'TRAIL OF TORTURE' ?
June 1998
Horse-Slaughter Industry Critics Pushing Changes
The Last Ride
Eyewitness Account of trip to Slaughterhouse
The Miracle Mile
July 1990
Pregnant Mare Foals Hours After Rescue From Slaughterhouse-
Foal is a Stakes Winner!
Pasturemate of the Stakes Winner, "On Route 66" who was born only hours after her dam was taken from a slaughterhouse
The Torture Trail
December 1980
85 horses in trailer, 57 survive
A dead horse lies in the snow, while another too weak to rise eats from a bucket.
PA. Bill Would Help Protect Horses Headed to Slaughter
March 28, 1998
The goal is a humane trip for horses on the way to be killed for
their meat, prized in Europe.
Police, vet check horses' health at New Holland sale
July 1998
State Statutes
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Horse Slaughter
EPN is a proud supporter of
Keep America's Horses in the Stable and off the Table!
USDA, FSIS Promotes Eating American Horses!
Transport To Slaughter
What Does a Double Deck Cattle Trailer Look Like?
Diagram of a double deck cattle trailer.
Doghouse Section
View of Bottom Deck
Horses On the Bottom Deck of Double Deck Cattle Trailer!
Double Deck Trailer-Doghouse Section Picture
Double Deck Trailer, View into the Doghouse & Bottom Deck Picture
Doghouse Ramp Picture
Doubles Are Illegal in Some States
Horse Slaughter Statistics;
Horse Slaughterhouses
Weekly reports from 1980 to Date
Horse Slaughter is For Human Consumption-
Rendering is For Pet Food.
Euthanasia Procedures
PA Rendering Companies
PA Dead Animal Act
PA Law regarding Removal of Dead Animals-
Is it Against PA Law to Bury Your Horse?
Slaughter Prevents Starvation???
Mare that sold for $10.00.
Hope died 10 days later while under a veterinarian's care. The option of sending her to slaughter did not prevent her owners from starving her...
Slaughter-Disposal of The Evidence of The Crime
Conditions at Horse Auctions known as "killer sales" or "meat sales".
Conditions in the "killer" or "meat" pens at Horse Auctions
The "drop-off pens" at Horse Auctions
Save America's Horses Website
Horse Slaughter
About
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Horse Cruelty
Henneke Body Scoring Condition Chart
The Henneke Body Scoring Chart is accepted in court as a scientific method of scoring a horse's body condition. It is used successfully in court to prove neglect.
Investigating Cruelty
Successful Enforcement
PA State Police arrest horse dealer at PA horse auction
PA State Police Enforce
PA Anti-Cruelty Law at New Holland, PA Auction
Young draft gelding shipped from NC displays injured left hind leg. A PA equine vet determined that there was no fixing this horse's injured leg. He was humanely euthanised.
No Enforcement
Down and bleeding inside a trailer with Maine license plates at a New Holland, PA auction. Reportedly the horse later died. No charges were ever filed. Blood was pooling on the ground under and outside the trailer.
The Downer Hall of Shame
Down Belgian was down all day at a PA horse auction. Several bystanders attempted to get the horse to rise. A vet was never called...
The Labor Day Mares
Severely foundered mare's face reveals the pain she is feeling. Mare was found down on a truck at a New Holland auction. Blood oozed from her coronary bands.
A Mule & 2 Standardbreds-
All Had Broken Legs & were Hidden on A Trailer
No Water
Water tank is empty, even though the faucets work..
The Horse the Killers Refused
& the vet passed.
Unfit Horses Sold at Auction
PSPCA allows sale - NHPD files charges, owner pleads guilty.
Horse Rescue
Rescue Information
PA Horse Rescues
Horse Rescues
Auctions
Adopting Horses
Donating Horses
Mounted Police Units
Starting A Rescue
Slaughter is Not For Pet Food!
Rendering Companies
Dead Animal Act- Is it Legal to Bury Your Horse?
Rescue Stories
Turning Copper Into Gold
July 1996
Mare is Saved From Auction-Scored a Minus 1 On the Henneke Chart!
The Miracle Mile
July 1990
Pregnant Mare Foals Hours After Rescue From Slaughterhouse-
Foal is a Stakes Winner!
The Horse That The Killers Refused to Bid $5.00 On
July 1999
Emaciated and Sick Gelding Is Saved From Auction!
No charges ever filed...
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Legislation
Pending Legislation
Type in the word "equine" in the search box to locate bills, (proposed legislation) relating to horses.
Federal Laws
1996 Commercial Transportation Of Horses To Slaughter Act
December 7, 2001
Final Rule Commercial Transportation of Horses to Slaughter Act
American Horse Council, American Horse Protection Association, & Humane Society of US
propose to legalize every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter & put the very people identified as the abusers, the "killer buyers" in charge of the horses!
Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act
Proposed regs will legalize every inhumane practice identified in the transport of horses to slaughter!
Doubles will be legal for 5 years AFTER the proposed regs go into effect. It has already been 4 1/2 years, that makes for 10 years of the continued use of doubles after this legislation passed..
EPN's Comments
on Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act
CA Equine Council's
Comments on the Proposed Regulations For the 1996 Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter Act
USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS
Approval of Livestock Facilities;
Interstate Movement of EIA Reactors
USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS, Regulations
Biological Residues in Horses;
Slaughter of Foaling Mares;
Slaughter of Sick Horses;
USDA APHIS Humane Slaughter Act
State Laws
Proposition 6,
The
PROHIBITION of Horse Slaughter and Sale of Horsemeat for Human
Consumption Act Of 1998, Does Not Violate The Commerce Clause
AZ Transport Law
CA Transport Law
CT Transport Law
MA Transport Law
MN Transport Law
NY Transport Law
Ag and Markets, Section 359-a
Horses inside double deck cattle trailer stopped by the NYSP. The owner was later convicted & fined $3000.00.
VA Transport Law
Vermont Transport Law
PA Anti Cruelty Law
Title 18, Section 5511
Sign Posted at PA Horse Auctions is NOT the Law!
Sign outside auctions is incorrect!
Sign posted outside 2 PA horse auctions regarding the PA Anti Cruelty Statute is incorrect! " Maybe the posting of this sign has something to do with "the agreement" that the auctions and the PA SPCA have with each other...
U.S. Anti-Cruelty Statutes
PA Domestic Animal Act
Licensing of Dealers & Haulers
EIA Regulations, Coggins Test
PA Dead Animal Act
Requirements for Removal of Dead Animals
PA Animal Markets
General Provisions
Records
Transactions From Trucks
Horsemeat Laws
IL Horsemeat Act
Texas Law
Sale of Horsemeat for Human Consumption
Prohibits Sale of Horsemeat For Human Consumption
Texas Attorney General Cornyn States TX Law
Prohibiting Sale of Horsemeat Applies to the 2 Texas Horse Slaughterhouses!
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Press Releases of 2002
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| 7/30/02 |
Governor Pataki Signs Bill Closing "Loophole" in NY Horse Transport Law |
| 7/17/02 |
PA Department of Agriculture Publishes Fit To Sale Brochure |
| 1/11/02 |
Kiehl Pleads Guilty to Illegal Transport, Again! |
Press Releases of 2001
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| 12/26/01 |
Sugarcreek Livestock Trucking, Inc. Pleads Guilty to 31 Counts of Horse Cruelty |
| 12/10/01 |
Federal Regulations on Transport of Horses to Slaughter Implemented
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| 11-20 |
New Holland Sales Stables Convicted on 31 Counts of Horse Cruelty!
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| 10-22 |
Convictions in New Holland Court
More Outcomes in New Holland Court
Background
Story of Color Me Truly
Mayer Convicted in Northampton County on 24 Counts of Cruelty to Animals-
Judge Returns Horses to Mayer |
| 10-18 |
Sugarcreek Livestock Trucking Inc., Charged 31 Counts of Horse Cruelty! |
| 10-05 |
Berks County, PA Court of Common Pleas Returns Neglected Mare to Owner-
Daughter of Arabian National Champion *Serenity Sonbolah
MA Initiative to Ban Horse Slaughter Update
Stolen Horse Updates
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| 09-28 |
Truck Driver and New Holland Sales Stables Charged with 61 Counts of Cruelty to Horses!
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| 09-25 |
September Press Release #2
Horse Cruelty Convictions in New Holland Court
Cruelty Charges Filed in Bradford County, PA; Horses Seized
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| 09-09 |
September Press Release
EPN Receives 501c(3) Status
Proposed Cavel Expansion -Public Hearing on 9-12-01
Horse Cruelty Convictions in Wayne County, PA
Northampton Cruelty Case Continues
Stolen MO Horse, JB, RECOVERED in OK!
ACT 64, PA Horse Transport Bill Banning Doubles Now in Effect
WNV Confirmed in PA Equine |
| 09-05 |
OH Shipper of Horses Stopped in Lancaster County Under PA Horse Transport Law!
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| 07-31 |
August Press Release
PA Horse Transport Bill Takes Effect
Cruelty Charges & Hearings
Kiehl Court Date
Possible WNV Vaccine |
| 06-26 |
Governor Ridge Signs PA Horse Transport Bill Into Law!
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| 03-22 |
PA Horse Transport Bill Introduced!
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| 03-09 |
March Press Release
Foal Found Frozen to Death on Pond, 2 More Horses Dead-
4 Owners
Convicted
Cruelty Charges Filed in Wayne County, PA
Cruelty Convictions Appealed
PA Horse & Buggy Crashes
Cruelty Complaints
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Press Releases of 2000
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| 12-20 |
NY Shipper Convicted in NY of Cruel Transport, Again!
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| 08-16 |
PA Convicts NY
Shipper For Cruelty to Horses |
| 06-29 |
PA State Police
Arrest NY Shipper For Cruelty to Horses |
| 06-03- |
PA Legislature
OKs Shipment of THREE Legged Horses To Slaughter! |
| 05-10 |
May Press Release
-PA Cruelty Cases -Shipper Pleads Guilty,2 Humane Societys Win |
| 04-02 |
More EIA
in PA in 2000 |
| 01-08 |
PA State Police
Arrest NC Horse Dealer In Auction Barn |
Press Releases of 1999
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| 12-12 |
No Justice For
Horse In Cruelty Case |
| 12-22 |
NJ Dealer Waives
Hearing |
| 11-23 |
NY Shipper Faces
38 Misdemeanor Counts of Illegal Transport |
| 11-04 |
PA State Police
Enforce Laws On Coggins Test |
| 11-03 |
NY Shipper Rolls
Truck, Kills Horses |
| 10-14 |
Equine Infectious
Anemia Outbreak in PA |
| 09-29 |
PA State Police
Enforce The Cruelty Law At New Holland |
| 08-04 |
Equine Placement
Network Opposes PA HB 590 |
| 06-16 |
New York Shipper
Pays Another Fine |
| 06-16 |
Horse Transport
Bill Is Voted Out of Commitee |
| 06-09 |
Proposed Regulations
for Commercial Transportation of Horses To Slaughter
This is the Federal Law, NOT the PA Bill |
| 05-01 |
NYSP Cite
NY Shipper of Horses Not Properly Licensed |
| 04-08 |
PA State Police
Serve Warrant At PA Auction Barn |
| 03-18 |
NY Shipper
Of Horses Pays $2000.00 Fine |
Press Releases of 1998
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| 02-05 |
Shipper of Slaughterbound
Horses Convicted |
| 12-10 |
NY Shipper of
Slaughterbound Horses Goes To Trial |
| 12-02 |
NY Shipper
of Slaughterbound Horses Enters Plea Agreement in NY
ADA Lets Repeat Offender Off Easy |
| 10-14 |
Horse Hauler
Enters Plea Agreement in New Holland, PA Court |
| 10-06 |
PA House Judiciary
Commitee Votes on PA Horse Transport Bill |
| 09-17 |
Stolen Horse
Idaho, Recovered 1 Year Later! |
| 08-27 |
New York State
Police Make More Arrest of Shippers |
| 08-26 |
Shipper Of PA
Horses Arrested By NY State Troopers....Again! |
| 08-08 |
New York State
Raises Fines On Illegal Horse Transport |
| 07-17 |
PA State Police
Check New Holland Horse Auction Barn |
| 07-01 |
Shipper Of Slaughterbound
Horses Pleads Guilty....Again |
| 06-11 |
Upcoming Hearings
on PA Horse Transport Bill |
| 06-11 |
Shipper of PA Horses
To Slaughter Pleads Guilty |
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