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Horse Politics
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Brooke USA Foundation Supporters Head to Washington, D.C. To Call on Members of Congress to Support the Ejiao Act
With the demand for ejiao products in China decimating the world's donkey populations, global prices are increased making it difficult for impoverished people to replace killed or stolen donkeys.
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Animal Wellness Action's Lobbying for Increase in Horse Protection Act Funding Secures $4.1 Million in FY23 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill
In addition to helping end soring, the egislation would also renew the ban on horse slaughter in U.S.
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Call to Action to Support "The Old Guard" Horses and Infantry
Needed funding has been held up in the Department of Defense and AHC urges the equine community to write/call congressional members to support for The Old Guard and expedite the funding.
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Leading Wild Horse Advocacy Organization calls for Emergency Halt to Roundup Operations
Internal assessments show the BLM holding facilities system is fundamentally broken and simply cannot safely hold the thousands of additional wild horses that the BLM intends to capture this year.
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Animal Protection Groups Commend House Action on Priority Equine Protection Legislation to End Horse Slaughter and Soring
The PAST Act addresses abuse of Tennessee walking horses and breeds forced to perform high-stepping gait the 'Big Lick' by bad actors who subject the horses' legs to painful techniques known as soring.
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Equine Industry and Animal Welfare Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Ban Horse Slaughter
During Triple Crown season, the 'Final Stretch Alliance to End Horse Slaughter' issues a joint letter to congressional leaders, calling for passage of the SAFE Act to end slaughter of American horses.
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Congressman Calls for Oversight of BLM Wild Horse Off Range Corrals as CO Death Toll Mounts
Congressman Steve Cohen brought attention to an on-going disease outbreak at a BLM wild horse holding facility in Cañon City Colorado that has resulted in deaths of at least 85 wild horses since April 23.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit, Upholds Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act
The Anti-Doping Law can end abuses in horse racing if the measure is properly implemented and contract with USADA is secured.
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Animal Wellness Action's Lobbying Secures Record $3 Million Funding for Enforcement of the Horse Protection Act
Animal Wellness Action has a mission of helping animals by promoting legal standards forbidding cruelty and by championing causes that alleviate suffering of companion animals, farm animals, and wildlife.
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3 Out of 4 Americans Oppose Inhumane Helicopter Roundups of Wild Horses
Bipartisan opposition mounts to Bureau of Land Management's plan to roundup 19,000 of America's iconic wild horses this year.