Monday, April 5, 2010

Horse Slaughter Is Cruel and ‘Bute’ in the Meat Kills Humans « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Horse Slaughter Is Cruel and ‘Bute’ in the Meat Kills Humans « Straight from the Horse's Heart

f you can't persuade them for the right reasons, then scare them with the facts.

A new paper in the journal Food & Chemical Toxicology shows how dangerous American horse meat is for human consumption.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Calico Wild Horses are out of Sight, but not out of Mind « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Calico Wild Horses are out of Sight, but not out of Mind « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Out of sight, out of mind. That's what the BLM is hoping will happen to the captive wild horses from the Calico Mountains. The agency has used the Easter holiday as a rationale for cancelling the usual Sunday public visiting hours, so we're literally in the dark about what's happening behind the closed doors of the 320-are feedlot near Fallon, Nevada.

Landmark Paper Links Bute to Chemical Contamination « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Landmark Paper Links Bute to Chemical Contamination « Straight from the Horse's Heart

HOUSTON, (Horseback) – Decades of USDA studies asserting U.S. and Canadian horse meat as chemically harmless have been branded as bogus by a new peer reviewed scientific study.

WHO’S ON FIRST? « Straight from the Horse's Heart

WHO’S ON FIRST? « Straight from the Horse's Heart

The horse slaughter proponent’s arguments bring to mind the old Abbott and Costello routine because you never really know what they are saying. They talk back and forth to each other with neither, understanding the other or making sense.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Contaminated Horse Meat a Health Risk, According to Study « Straight from the Horse's Heart

Contaminated Horse Meat a Health Risk, According to Study « Straight from the Horse's Heart

CHICAGO, (EWA) – A peer reviewed scientific study tracing race horses sent to slaughter for human consumption has found that 100% of the horses in the study group had been administered phenylbutazone, a banned carcinogen that can also fatally damage the bone marrow of humans. The findings appear to validate the European Union’s recent tightening of traceability requirements on horse meat from third countries.