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| | www.nationalgeographic.com
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| | The global pipeline begins at poorly regulated U.S. auctions. Once a horse is marked for death, advocates say, "any concern for its welfare goes out the window."
| | www.horsejournals.com
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| | Horse welfare is complex, partly due to the myriad uses, values, and husbandry arrangements for horses. They're backyard pets, ridden and driven in competition, raced, raised for meat, and used for therapy, recreation, and rodeo. Horses are regularly transported, kept in rural and urban areas, stalls, pens, fields, and pastures, plus managed according to their use. Many horses live on individual properties and their welfare relies on individual owners, making poor welfare difficult to identify.
| | www.animalsangels.org
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| | Animals' Angels has been monitoring the Bar S Slaughter Horse Feedlot for many years.
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| WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a bill Tuesday to create national medication and safety standards for the horse racing industry to discourage use of performance-enhancing drugs that can lead to horse injuries and deaths. The "Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act" comes after the racing industry has been hit by a series of doping scandals and a rash of horse fatalities in recent years.