An investigation by the San Antonio News-Express chronicled the use of the puntilla knife on horses prior to slaughter in Mexican slaughter plants. Footage obtained by the paper showed horses being ...

The current patchwork of state laws on horse slaughter is insufficient. A federal law prohibiting horse slaughter is imperative to prevent horses from being exported for slaughter in Canada, Mexico, ...

As an aside, if you’re a country music fan, Corb Lund has a great album called “Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier,” that explores these themes.

An animal sanctuary has rescued 23 thoroughbred horses from being slaughtered for animal feed. Hillside Animal Sanctuary was asked to take the horses on Friday after their owner got into financial ...

A young thoroughbred mare who had been so badly crushed and trampled in an overloaded lorry that the driver thought she was ...

She suspects the horses are being stolen and slaughtered for their meat. “It’s very devastating,” she said. “They are going after the fat horses, the healthy horses. Not the skinny ones.

In 2021, the country slaughtered 58,152 horses ... But the fact that their horses are being eaten abroad is an uncomfortable open secret. "The horse carries symbolic value in our culture ...

The internet has been left stunned by the resilience of a pregnant and malnourished horse who made a remarkable recovery since being rescued. With just a matter of days left of her pregnancy ...

So, with 200,000 horses being slaughtered each year for export to the European Union, where exactly is this meat coming from? “Cinco Corazones” reveals the grim reality behind the lives of ...