An appeal to the courts by Cavel International Inc., a horse slaughtering plant in DeKalb, IL, to overturn the state’s horse slaughter ban has been denied by the Supreme Court.

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World Horse Welfare has launched an online petition as part of its Make a Noise campaign, asking the European Commission to put an end to the long distance transport of horses for slaughter in Europe.

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Congress is showing more understanding of the bad consequences of the horse slaughter ban, LMA members say after annual Washington Fly-In.

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The Pinto Horse Association has joined others in the amicus curiae, or friend of the court brief, asking the United States’ highest court to overturn a federal appeals court decision upholding an Illinois law that closed a horse processing plant in Illinois.

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Because of their dedication to the welfare of all breeds of horses, AQHA and a group of other horse organizations filed an amicus curiae, or friend of the court brief, with the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Former Congressman Charlie Stenholm, now a policy advisor with Olsson Frank Weeda, examined the unintended consequences of legislation, specifically for immigration, energy, and horse processing at the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s (Alliance) seventh industry-wide Stakeholders Summit, held April 8 in Arlington, VA.

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