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The American Horse Council Has Released Its 2024 Pre-election Congressional Scorecard
The broad and versatile roles horses play in American society is why AHC engages in relevant legislation addressing animal welfare, rural concerns, taxes, education, health care, and more.
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Revisions to Horse Protection Act Effective February 1, 2025
The new rule defines horse show as a public display of any horses in competition except where speed is the prime factor, rodeo events, parades, or trail rides.
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Brooke USA Intensifies Advocacy Efforts to Combat Donkey Hide Crisis with Progress on Ejiao Act in the United States
The donkey hide crisis poses a significant threat to global donkey populations and the livelihoods of communities dependent on these animals for transportation, water sustenance, agriculture, and more.
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The U.S. House and Senate Can Save America’s Forgotten Equines from Slaughter With the Farm Bill
The American people have the opportunity, right now, to tell our representatives that we don’t want this - we don’t want our horses to be slaughtered - we need them to ensure the SAFE Act passes.
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AVMA and AAEP Praise Strengthened Regulations on Horse Soring
Culminating years of advocacy by the AVMA and AAEP to end horse soring, we thank the USDA for recognizing this and look forward to working with them as this new rule is implemented.
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American Horse Council Releases Congressional Scorecard for 118th Congress
The methodology used for the scorecard identifies priority legislation, and assigns points based on a lawmaker’s degree of support for priority bills, among other factors.
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Brooke USA Foundation Supporters Visited Washington, D.C. to Meet with Congressional Offices
With the demand for ejiao products in China decimating the world’s donkey populations, global prices have increased and it has become increasingly difficult for owners to replace their stolen animals.
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Ejiao Act Reintroduced to Protect Donkeys from Dangerous Gelatin Trade
There is no need for these ejiao (donkey-hide gelatin) products that entail substantial cruelty and confer no real health benefits.
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Animal Welfare Groups Commend USDA on New Rule to Combat Horse Soring
Soring is a cruel practice that includes use of caustic chemicals that 'cook' into the horse’s flesh and forcing horses to wear heavy, binding, high-heel-like shoes, and metal chains around their sored ankles.
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Humane Groups Denounce USDA Plan to Withdraw 2017 Rule To Protect Horses
It's infuriating that after decades of continued equine cruelty, the Biden Administration withdrew USDA's 2017 final rule without urgently pressing forward with the new The Horse Protection Act rule.