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www.vice.com | ||
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www.aspca.org
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| | | | | In 2023, more than 20,000 American horses were transported to Mexico and Canada to be slaughtered for human consumption. This cruel practice still exists, and every horse in the U.S. is at risk. Learn more and meet horses who were bound for slaughter before fate stepped in. | |
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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. | |
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www.brusselstimes.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] An opinion piece critiques the EU's failure to enforce animal welfare and traceability rules in the horse meat supply chain, calling for mandatory country-of-origin labeling and import suspensions to protect animal rights and public health. | |
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theconversation.com
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| | | Workers in the Australian racing industry allege horses are being routinely medicated for track work, at the peril of rider and horse safety. | ||
