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27-01-2009 02:05 AM
27-01-2009 17:10 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
So many reasons to adopt a vegan and vegetarian lifestyle... This cruelty is not necessary nor is animal agriculture "sustainable". Feed people - not animals.
27-01-2009 19:07 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Why would animal farmers care about the lesser harm of cruelty while sending off their animals to experience the greater harm of being slaughtered? According to the animal farmer's incoherent point of view, it's morally wrong to beat an animal with a stick but morally permissible to kill it.
27-01-2009 21:52 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Perhaps farminguk.com should check their facts before posting this activist rubbish. Where is the balance in this article? Where is the industry comment? Where is the truth? Certinaly not in this "news".
27-01-2009 01:59 AM
28-01-2009 13:21 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
It is of public dominion that Burger King (just like McDonald's) already stopped selling bacon from castrated pigs in the Netherlands in January 2008 after negotiating with the Dutch farm animal welfare organisation "Wakker Dier" (induced by their strong media campaign against the castration of piglets without anaesthesia).
27-01-2009 01:45 AM
27-01-2009 16:44 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
It is about time that Mongolia start exporting meat to Russia. In 1990 the Mongolian livestock numbered around 20 million. Since then the communist collective farms were broken up and last year the number shot up to 45 million. Due to a limited availabiity of fertile land, it is time to start exporting meat.
27-01-2009 19:41 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
doesnt say anything about importing meat at all
29-01-2009 00:21 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Perhaps a little of subject, but I wonder if anyone has considered attempting to raise North American bison(buffalo) in Mongolia. It seems that they would be better at surviving the periodic cold snaps of the region over the current cattle and sheep.
27-01-2009 00:55 AM
27-01-2009 22:23 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Let the foreign countries be "derned." COOL could be made very simple if the packers here would only deal in US born and raised beef. The consumers would be happy, the ranchers would be happy, it would keep small farms in business, and it would kill NAIS.
How can you lose? By pandering to all these foreign countries that don't want us to inspect or quarantine, accuse us of unfair trade practices (why, because we want to eat our own food and be free of illness and contamination, not to mention inferior products in general? oh well...)
Poor babies might have to spend a few extra bucks on being truthful on their labels? Don't feel sorry for them a bit.
No wonder things are so confusing in Washington... They forget who they are supposed to serve, and who they are supposed to listen to...
How can you lose? By pandering to all these foreign countries that don't want us to inspect or quarantine, accuse us of unfair trade practices (why, because we want to eat our own food and be free of illness and contamination, not to mention inferior products in general? oh well...)
Poor babies might have to spend a few extra bucks on being truthful on their labels? Don't feel sorry for them a bit.
No wonder things are so confusing in Washington... They forget who they are supposed to serve, and who they are supposed to listen to...
25-01-2009 02:56 AM
25-01-2009 04:13 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Might I remind the readers Mark Lutschaunig of the AVMA and also the AAEP have taken an Oath to protect the horses and have failed. What is Mark doing writing to articles about the promoting of eating horses. Is it that senator Larry Craig of Idaho has been sent to prison for his hands in and under another man urinals for sex. Hmm is Mark getting paid now by these foreign companies that had paid no gross income taxes or tariffs on export taxes and operated illegal in Texas for years based on a 1949 law. Mark of the AVMA fails to mention to readers that they knew horses were going to slaughter in mexico long before US plants were forced to close. Mark of the AVMA knew horse auctions were allowed to sell abused and neglected animals and to be hauled in inhumae double deckers for years. They knew they all knew and now there writting articles to lie to the public again.. To date the AVMA or the AAEP have dont nothing to donate to any rescues in the US or Canada nor any of the Promoters of over breeders such as the AQHA or the APHA. All made money rewarding irresonsible people.. Truth is these foreigners own the markets with no competiton and now are forced to hit the road.. Shame on the AVMA, AAEP, AQHA,and the APHA the knew and they lied to the American People. for more facts visit www.SaveDaHorses.org see the actual statement released from the USDA on how they recieved horses suffing from cuts,punced out eyes,blind and crippled.. They called this humane treatment..NOT
25-01-2009 18:23 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Horse meat might be packed with protein but it's also packed with steroids, dewormers, bute and myriad other substances known to cause cancer in humans and labeled as not to be used in food producing animals.
The USDA only performed random testing of horse meat. Many samples showed prohibited substances. Nearly all samples would have tested positive but the USDA did not test for most of the substances commonly used by US horse owners. Furthermore the testing itself is completely invalid as the USDA has not set minimum acceptable levels of such substances.
Sending a horse to an auction and allowing it to be purchased by kill buyers to shipped to slaughter is nothing short of cruelty and abuse.
The AVMA's statement that any increase in starvation cases is due to the closing of US horse slaughtering plants is absurd. It is NOT yet illegal to ship horses to slaughter. Therefore, the lack of US plants cannot be held accountable for owners choosing to starve their horses.
The AVMA would like you to believe that slaughter is an either/or situation. Either we allow horses to be slaughtered or owners will starve them to death. Since slaughter is only about money, the AVMA's statement implies that we should pay owners in order to prevent cruelty and abuse.
Would paying Michael Vick and his crew have stopped them from the abuse they inflicted on numerous dogs? Should we stop prosecuting abuse/cruelty cases and instead send payments to abusers to avoid having them commit additional abuses? I hardly think so.
If horse owners were required to pay for testing and to have the horse sent to a slaughter plant, there would be no more shipments to Canada or Mexico.
US horses are not raised as food animals. If foreigners wish to consume horse meat, feel free to raise your own. Ramsey will provide the BBQ. Americans will gladly send condiments such as bute, banamine, steroids, etc. Bon apetit.
Joyce Moore
Animal Advocates of Michigan
The USDA only performed random testing of horse meat. Many samples showed prohibited substances. Nearly all samples would have tested positive but the USDA did not test for most of the substances commonly used by US horse owners. Furthermore the testing itself is completely invalid as the USDA has not set minimum acceptable levels of such substances.
Sending a horse to an auction and allowing it to be purchased by kill buyers to shipped to slaughter is nothing short of cruelty and abuse.
The AVMA's statement that any increase in starvation cases is due to the closing of US horse slaughtering plants is absurd. It is NOT yet illegal to ship horses to slaughter. Therefore, the lack of US plants cannot be held accountable for owners choosing to starve their horses.
The AVMA would like you to believe that slaughter is an either/or situation. Either we allow horses to be slaughtered or owners will starve them to death. Since slaughter is only about money, the AVMA's statement implies that we should pay owners in order to prevent cruelty and abuse.
Would paying Michael Vick and his crew have stopped them from the abuse they inflicted on numerous dogs? Should we stop prosecuting abuse/cruelty cases and instead send payments to abusers to avoid having them commit additional abuses? I hardly think so.
If horse owners were required to pay for testing and to have the horse sent to a slaughter plant, there would be no more shipments to Canada or Mexico.
US horses are not raised as food animals. If foreigners wish to consume horse meat, feel free to raise your own. Ramsey will provide the BBQ. Americans will gladly send condiments such as bute, banamine, steroids, etc. Bon apetit.
Joyce Moore
Animal Advocates of Michigan
27-04-2010 02:21 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
"The number of horses going for slaughter for horse meat has risen dramaticly, thanks in no smaall part to the animal rights activists"
"hearing reports of a sharp increase in cases of horses being neglected and abandoned by owners who can no longer sell them at auction for slaughter"
These two comments contradict each other. Which one is it... a) slaughter has increased or b)owners can no longer sell them for slaughter?
"hearing reports of a sharp increase in cases of horses being neglected and abandoned by owners who can no longer sell them at auction for slaughter"
These two comments contradict each other. Which one is it... a) slaughter has increased or b)owners can no longer sell them for slaughter?
25-01-2009 01:50 AM
26-01-2009 11:26 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Wonderful - wonderful
1954 - I was there!
What a super story.
I am still here.
Smithfield is still here
petermartinelli@aol.com
1954 - I was there!
What a super story.
I am still here.
Smithfield is still here
petermartinelli@aol.com
28-01-2009 23:03 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Indeed it is!
A wonderful written documentation for posterity. Some of the things I knew from hearsay but it was delightful to read your eyewitness account.
I thank you sincerely,
John Harrison
Harrison-Bonn@t-online.de
A wonderful written documentation for posterity. Some of the things I knew from hearsay but it was delightful to read your eyewitness account.
I thank you sincerely,
John Harrison
Harrison-Bonn@t-online.de
16-07-2009 20:55 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
i started in the trade in 1966 working for kemsleys in the brook in chatham they closed in 1976 when i went to work for fmc canterbury packed up in 1997,at chatham we bought all our livestock locally at markets in sittingbourne maidstone ashford canterbury and sevenoaks
21-01-2009 18:12 PM
21-01-2009 22:55 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
The proliferation of phone masts across the country causes damage to every living being and thing. As all living things are water-based and masts emit microwave radiation which is attracted to water,nothing will escape. Bees, insects, bats, birds, being smaller,will succumb more quickly.
12 months ago, a Government Spokesman announced that, by the year 2020, there will be an ADDITIONAL 300,000 newly diagnosed cases of cancer each year.
Why?? What do they know??
Long-term, low-level radiation has killed and will kill many,be they small creatures or human beings.
The attraction that microwave radiation has to water, is in all probability the reason why the ice-caps are melting. This radiation is now everywhere.
A German farmer and his son are beekeepers and live near a mobile phone mast. The farmer lost several of his hives. His son protected his hives with sheets of, I believe, aluminium. His bees survived.
The Government refuse to discuss this problem, even though many MP's are extremely worried.
Please use this theory in your research, as I believe it will save years.
12 months ago, a Government Spokesman announced that, by the year 2020, there will be an ADDITIONAL 300,000 newly diagnosed cases of cancer each year.
Why?? What do they know??
Long-term, low-level radiation has killed and will kill many,be they small creatures or human beings.
The attraction that microwave radiation has to water, is in all probability the reason why the ice-caps are melting. This radiation is now everywhere.
A German farmer and his son are beekeepers and live near a mobile phone mast. The farmer lost several of his hives. His son protected his hives with sheets of, I believe, aluminium. His bees survived.
The Government refuse to discuss this problem, even though many MP's are extremely worried.
Please use this theory in your research, as I believe it will save years.
21-01-2009 11:16 AM
23-01-2009 02:22 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Farmland in the UK averages $10,000 per acre, while farmland in Saskatchewan average $400 per acre.
Farmland in general appears to be a good investment for the next decade. The equity and bond markets have benefited from a long period of low inflation, but ongoing and massive central bank liquidity injections point to a far less benign environment of elevated inflation ahead. Research by our firm, Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership (www.farmlandinvestmentpartnership.com, Calgary, Canada based agriculture private equity firm) shows investors must be prepared to rotate into asset classes with different characteristics. During the last commodity bull market & high inflation period in the 1970’s, equities materially underperformed farmland.
- Western Canadian farmland went from around $100/acre to $550/acre (550% total return and 176% in inflation adjusted terms);
- Cash held in a money market account barely kept ahead of inflation (6% inflation adjusted return); and the
- S&P 500 index returned less than 2% per year (a loss of almost 50% in inflation in adjusted terms)
We believe the world is still in the early stages of this current commodity bull market. When agriculture commodities prices are compared against their previous inflation adjusted highs they are significantly discounted implying scope for further increases:
- Corn is US$ 4/bushel currently compared to US$16/bushel in 1974,
- Wheat is US$ 6/bushel currently compared to US$27/bushel in 1974
- Canadian farmland is C$ 660/acre currently compared to C$1,100/acre in 1981
Agcapita allows farmland investors to cost effectively allocate a portion of their portfolios to hard assets in the form of Canadian farmland via its professionally managed Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership. Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership is the third in a family of private equity funds which has grown to almost $100 million in assets under management.
Agcapita’s investment team has over 40 years private equity and fund management experience and over $1 billion in total career transactions and previously managed a group of emerging market funds with almost C$500 million in assets for one of the largest banks in Europe. Our team of farm managers has over 150 years of direct farming experience.
Agcapita’s advisory Board is composed of accomplished agriculture entrepreneurs and academics, high profile political figures and investment experts including the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. Ken Clarke and Jim Rogers, co-founder of Quantum Fund. Jim is extremely bullish on western Canada and on western Canadian agriculture in particular. At the recent annual CFA awards dinner in Toronto Jim told the assembled crowd of fund managers and investment bankers to “sell your houses, move to Saskatchewan, buy a tractor and some farmland, and start farming”. Our advisory board members bring a deep knowledge of the factors driving agriculture and farmland values – including rapidly growing emerging economy food demand and inflation.
Farmland in general appears to be a good investment for the next decade. The equity and bond markets have benefited from a long period of low inflation, but ongoing and massive central bank liquidity injections point to a far less benign environment of elevated inflation ahead. Research by our firm, Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership (www.farmlandinvestmentpartnership.com, Calgary, Canada based agriculture private equity firm) shows investors must be prepared to rotate into asset classes with different characteristics. During the last commodity bull market & high inflation period in the 1970’s, equities materially underperformed farmland.
- Western Canadian farmland went from around $100/acre to $550/acre (550% total return and 176% in inflation adjusted terms);
- Cash held in a money market account barely kept ahead of inflation (6% inflation adjusted return); and the
- S&P 500 index returned less than 2% per year (a loss of almost 50% in inflation in adjusted terms)
We believe the world is still in the early stages of this current commodity bull market. When agriculture commodities prices are compared against their previous inflation adjusted highs they are significantly discounted implying scope for further increases:
- Corn is US$ 4/bushel currently compared to US$16/bushel in 1974,
- Wheat is US$ 6/bushel currently compared to US$27/bushel in 1974
- Canadian farmland is C$ 660/acre currently compared to C$1,100/acre in 1981
Agcapita allows farmland investors to cost effectively allocate a portion of their portfolios to hard assets in the form of Canadian farmland via its professionally managed Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership. Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership is the third in a family of private equity funds which has grown to almost $100 million in assets under management.
Agcapita’s investment team has over 40 years private equity and fund management experience and over $1 billion in total career transactions and previously managed a group of emerging market funds with almost C$500 million in assets for one of the largest banks in Europe. Our team of farm managers has over 150 years of direct farming experience.
Agcapita’s advisory Board is composed of accomplished agriculture entrepreneurs and academics, high profile political figures and investment experts including the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt. Hon. Ken Clarke and Jim Rogers, co-founder of Quantum Fund. Jim is extremely bullish on western Canada and on western Canadian agriculture in particular. At the recent annual CFA awards dinner in Toronto Jim told the assembled crowd of fund managers and investment bankers to “sell your houses, move to Saskatchewan, buy a tractor and some farmland, and start farming”. Our advisory board members bring a deep knowledge of the factors driving agriculture and farmland values – including rapidly growing emerging economy food demand and inflation.
21-01-2009 01:16 AM
21-01-2009 05:26 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
For our Information the puntila isnt humane nor were the plants in the US. You also fail to mention that while the plant managers talked about they being the strictest inspections in the US. Now the facts are out photos,videos, and statements release from USDA thanks to the FOIA Freedom of Information Acts. Clearly show the abuse and neglect the animals indured in route to slaughter and in waiting pens from several hours to days then finally meeting a gruesome death. I personel was one to see this crimes committed. These plants ignore fines and violations. Texas Plants operated for years illegal.They also promoted illegal aliens for employment. We tax payers pay to keep them out. Not to mention the tax these plants didnt pay or even export tariff tax.Horse Auctions have promoted the sell or abuse and neglected animals for years they also ignored laws and had them hauled in bad conditions. They made money seling to the killers the killers made money selling to illegal horse plants and the sold with many drugs such as steriods,bute,Wormers etc to foreign restruants. No wonder foreign countries have problems with mad cow and so many other problems. They dont care about the products they consume nor care the horse is a pet a bibical animal. Society owes the horse more respect. The majority of americans oppose horse slaughter so get use to it.. We will stop horse slaughter in the US and will incourge others to ban it as well. to see more fact visit. www.SaveDaHorses.org
21-01-2009 09:59 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Anonymous is very correct. There is nothing kind or humane about the slaughter of horses, Animal Angels documented the horrific cruelty that the horses are subjected to, and to say that the Mexican ways of slaughter is humane is not to have seen what actually does happen to the horses. Please read a Different Kind of Murder by Steven Long, it documents exactly how vicious and cruel it is. Horse Slaughter should be banned worldwide. It is cruel and barbaric.
21-01-2009 11:35 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
This is the second article I've seen out of the UK promoting slaughter and its wonders.
No doubt, the pro slaughter organizations in the US have reached out to the UK to help with their propaganda campaign.
Who is paying you to print this garbage?
No doubt, the pro slaughter organizations in the US have reached out to the UK to help with their propaganda campaign.
Who is paying you to print this garbage?
21-01-2009 16:23 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Just go to YouTube and bring up Mexican horse slaughter for the real truth.
21-01-2009 18:52 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
The key is "very humane as long as the handled by expert"! Then why do the workers cheer when one horse is actually killed the first time? This can not be condoned by anyone who cares for other living beings! Shame on any Brit who feels this way!
21-01-2009 20:41 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
"The puntila knife is very quick and very humane as long as handled by an expert, which is the same as the gun of course."
Congratulations! In the course of the last year I have read thousands of absurd statements in support of horse slaughter, but this one wins hands down!
First, cutting the spinal chord at the base of the neck has the effect of yielding the horse a quadriplegic. It does not yield them dead or even unconscious. They are then hoisted by a hind leg and have their throats cut. You can clearly see them bending their necks and rolling their eyes in horror.
The method is preferred because it is thought that the terror of being helplessly butchered causes adrenaline that makes the meat sweeter.
Congratulations! In the course of the last year I have read thousands of absurd statements in support of horse slaughter, but this one wins hands down!
First, cutting the spinal chord at the base of the neck has the effect of yielding the horse a quadriplegic. It does not yield them dead or even unconscious. They are then hoisted by a hind leg and have their throats cut. You can clearly see them bending their necks and rolling their eyes in horror.
The method is preferred because it is thought that the terror of being helplessly butchered causes adrenaline that makes the meat sweeter.
22-01-2009 02:30 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Here, wait. If you think that those two methods of killing an animal is humane, lets put you in that position and see if its humane then. In no way shape or form is slaughter of animals acceptable or humane. They are innocent creatures, that so willingly serve and love the humans that are supposed to be taking care of them. They love unconditionally and without hesitation.
24-01-2009 14:52 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Have you ever watched it being done???
Humane??? Anyone who can make a comment like that has never seen what actually happens to these poor animals. It is torture.
As far as the USDA, thay have turned a blind eye, and ear in slaughter plants for years, and let these crimes go on, and on, when they have the power to stop it.
Any breeder who sends a heavily pregnant mare to slaughter should face charges. The mare is slaughtered and the foal cut out, and thrown in a gut pile??? Think about it.
Humane??? Anyone who can make a comment like that has never seen what actually happens to these poor animals. It is torture.
As far as the USDA, thay have turned a blind eye, and ear in slaughter plants for years, and let these crimes go on, and on, when they have the power to stop it.
Any breeder who sends a heavily pregnant mare to slaughter should face charges. The mare is slaughtered and the foal cut out, and thrown in a gut pile??? Think about it.
27-01-2009 17:13 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
I agree, there is nothing about killing any (healthy) animals that is "humane". We do not need meat to live a very healthy, sustainable life. Millions thrive on a plant based diet - Being vegan or vegetarian is the ethical choice to make.
28-01-2009 04:52 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Horses are the American Icon and they have never been bred for human consumption.This barbaric practice of slaughtering will come to an end .
28-01-2009 05:53 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
If the UK thinks horse slaughter for elite foreign human consumption is so wonderful then why is it illegal in their country? Why not ask the Queen to view the video's and give her opinion on whether it's all humane.
Go to kaufmanzoning.net for the truth.
Go HR503, and bless Conyers, and Burton they've got some balls.
Go to kaufmanzoning.net for the truth.
Go HR503, and bless Conyers, and Burton they've got some balls.
02-02-2009 05:55 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Nothing about slaughtering a horse is humane! For you to say it is nuts. You obviously have not witnessed it first hand. See the terror and torture and suffering these animals go through. They are noble creatures that have developed this world to what it is today. They deserve no less than to be treated with decenstcy and respect. Not being murdered by stabbing with a knife repeadidily with a knife while trashing around or shot in the head with a captive bolt that most of the time misses causing great pain and suffering. Some are hung and troats slit while they are alive and kicking. NO EXCUSE FOR THIS. AMERICANS DO NOT WANT THERE HORSES KILLED FOR SOME FOREIGNER TO HAVE A DINNER. Remember horses especially those in America are loaded with medications. That is medications that are not meant for animals meant for food. So if you ever get cancer or anything else it is possible that it could be from the horse. KARMA REMEMBER THAT.
09-02-2009 18:51 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
So, if everyone here is against slaughter, can you please explain a couple of things to me - and let's try to keep it civil PLEASE
1) If horses are considered companion animals, why is it that I have to have 'farm' insurance on my property for liability and that the horses just can't be considered under my homeowner's insurance like my dog and cat are?
2) If there is no slaughter availability, what do you propose is the answer for the 'correct' disposal of horses?
Again, I'm just trying to understand your point of view - thanks.
1) If horses are considered companion animals, why is it that I have to have 'farm' insurance on my property for liability and that the horses just can't be considered under my homeowner's insurance like my dog and cat are?
2) If there is no slaughter availability, what do you propose is the answer for the 'correct' disposal of horses?
Again, I'm just trying to understand your point of view - thanks.
11-02-2009 12:01 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
whoa there. ratchet down the emotion meter and tell me sensibly what else you will do with these ioo,ooo unwanted horses, along with all the sick, lame and injured, if you cannot slaughter them. who will care for them, feed them, pay the vet bills, the farrier, and pick up the tab for all this. surely it is better to ban the export of live animals and rigorously police the domestic plants that will slaughter them
12-02-2009 13:37 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
If someone owns a horse, they need to be responsible to the very end. If the horse is sick or lame, then get a vet to euthanize it. To claim that at that point it's too expensive is ludicrous! They shouldn't own the horse in the first place. It is an ignorance of the law for horses to be classified as "livestock", but that is just the way it is. But the bottom line is, they are highly intelligent and gentle creatures who do NOT deserve to meet this horrible, terrifying and cruel fate. I'd love to meet the "experts" these gruesome places have that can wield a puntilla knife and render that animal UNCONSCIOUS. It doesn't happen. It would be as if you were paralyzed from the neck down, and then had to watch helplessly as you were strung up by a leg, had your throat cut, felt your body aching in the agony of bleeding out, and be powerless to stop it. There is absolutely NO humane way to slaughter a horse. Euthanasia by injection is the only answer. And don't give me a bunch of hoo ha about owners who will abandon them blah blah. Those people will need to be prosecuted for animal cruelty. I will say this over and over to my own dying breath...if you can't afford to see your horses to a peaceful and kind end, then DO NOT OWN THEM. Take a look at the FOIA documents obtained by Animals Angels and see for yourself. Those were the atrocities committed while slaughter was legal here in the USA. That was WITH the supposed USDA oversight. Imagine the horrors that are going on now in Mexico and Canada. This just has to stop!
22-03-2009 19:32 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the UK have to have Horse Passports to keep illegal dangerous drug residues out of the horsemeat for the protection of EU consumers?
We don't have Horse Passports in the US, there is absolutely no regulation of any medications given to US horses, no US horses are held for 6 months withdrawal periods - as per EU regulations again for the safety of consumers.
We and our vets give our horses bute like you take aspirin. According to EU law any horse that's ever had Bute in it's lifetime, ever, is not eligible for human consumption. I would say that covers the vast amount of US horses.
US horsemeat is NOT tested for illegal drug residues, unlike meat from slaughtered "food" animals.
Argue that.
We don't have Horse Passports in the US, there is absolutely no regulation of any medications given to US horses, no US horses are held for 6 months withdrawal periods - as per EU regulations again for the safety of consumers.
We and our vets give our horses bute like you take aspirin. According to EU law any horse that's ever had Bute in it's lifetime, ever, is not eligible for human consumption. I would say that covers the vast amount of US horses.
US horsemeat is NOT tested for illegal drug residues, unlike meat from slaughtered "food" animals.
Argue that.
28-03-2009 19:34 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
There oughta be a law. If you own a horse, you're responsible for it's care, shelter, vetting, and, ultimately, it's humane euthanasia and disposal.
That's the answer, plain and simple. If you don't comply, pay BIG TIME, no slaps on the wrists. Then all of those who slobber for horse flesh can come and pick over the remains...for free...no additional cost for bute,steroids or euthanasia solutions.
That's the answer, plain and simple. If you don't comply, pay BIG TIME, no slaps on the wrists. Then all of those who slobber for horse flesh can come and pick over the remains...for free...no additional cost for bute,steroids or euthanasia solutions.
20-01-2009 01:22 AM
21-01-2009 04:28 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Ethiopia is making progress in everyfield but why is it every Britsh media start by saying Ethiopia Known for Famine draught ? Don't you think it is time for Britains to destroy Ethiopia name again and again. Thanks
19-01-2009 20:52 PM
04-06-2009 14:03 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Also check out Pfizer Rispoval IBR Marker Live and they are also unique in offering an Inactivated IBR marker vaccine also that dramatically increases protection and reduces virus shedding much better than a LIVE vaccine.
19-01-2009 10:10 AM
18-04-2010 13:22 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
I can go to the hatchery and buy commercial hybrid chickens, not vacinate and feed organic feed and these become organic eggs! Until the eggs come from chickens which are NOT hybrid and born and raised out in the paddocks and running around farming the land and eating good organic growth on the organic farm, peoples' health will not improve.
I cannot buy a lamb or calf at a day old and call it
organic unless it was from an organic or bio-dynamic farm!!!!!!
I cannot buy a lamb or calf at a day old and call it
organic unless it was from an organic or bio-dynamic farm!!!!!!
19-01-2009 01:00 AM
19-01-2009 20:58 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Now would be a good time for the scientific community to realize that they have been mislead by their racist predecessors and that Kuru had nothing to do with cannibalism, neither has BSE or CJD.I believe BSE was caused by a wheat substitute. BSE did not stop when meat meal was banned, but it did reduce when and with, wheat prices -high in the UK, began to be reduced to world prices.No need to invent life without DNA,and it explains why there has not been a national outbreak of nvCJD.
08-04-2009 00:00 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Amazing how something that has not been proven to the human form of the disease devestated farmers across the country where markets fell right off the map and destroyed many Beef Farmers lifes in Canada when Bse Hit. I believe big business trying to dominate agriculture had a big part of bse in Canada. I will not mention the company i have in mind, but they where buying up cheap calves from desperate cow calf producers and finshing them in there feedlots and still selling to the retail sector . The price at the retail sector never dropped off while the bse crisis was looming here in Canada.The slaughter plants where still making a killing off of the backs of farmers and consumers. If this has not been proven which i agree, why was there so much devestation amongst the beef farmers of Canada? I personally lost approximately $300000 in it on a medium sized operation
19-01-2009 00:32 AM
20-01-2009 01:11 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
i hope people stop taking cattles and buffalos or any other typed of animals out of cambodia into vietnam or any other countries, otherwise it wills get fewer animals in cambodia than other countries.
21-01-2009 02:16 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
cambodians need to protect their heritages, like forests, animals and temples ETC. insteaded of destroying it. if cambodians don't protect their own, no one else will.
21-01-2009 02:50 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Yes! wake up khmers, stop destroying your own kind, and start protecting. if you don't wake up and kept destroying, cambodia will be always poorer and weaker and it neighbors are always richer and stronger. so protecting your heritages!
17-01-2009 17:15 PM
17-01-2009 01:51 AM
17-01-2009 02:16 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Sorry, its not about open mindedness it about dfecency, respect and humanity. There is no need to eat any flesh from another living soul regardless of what flesh eaters may think.
So spare a thought for the animal. Transported for miles often under unacceptable conditions, handled by people who have no compassion or feeling for the animal they are handling, afterall these animals are seen as walking food, treated as though the animal was merely a chattel to be brutally slaughtered because we want to. No regard for the wants of the animal and their want is to live.
Sorry eating horse meat and any other 'meat' is morally obscene.
So spare a thought for the animal. Transported for miles often under unacceptable conditions, handled by people who have no compassion or feeling for the animal they are handling, afterall these animals are seen as walking food, treated as though the animal was merely a chattel to be brutally slaughtered because we want to. No regard for the wants of the animal and their want is to live.
Sorry eating horse meat and any other 'meat' is morally obscene.
17-01-2009 02:23 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
By the way I think you will find that horse slaughter in places like Mexico is one of the cruellest deaths one can imagine. There is a lack of proper facilities there and killing is by repeatedly stabbing the animal so that it slowly bleeds to death..think thats okay do you Muriel Elizabeth Hayes?
What flesh eaters conveniently forget to find out about is the transport and handling and slaughter of the animals- all animals before they end up on a plate.
To educate yourself take a look at the information Animals' Angels provides on their site. They trail and investigate slaughter facilities especially in USA/Mexico.
And finally while you are shovelling that rotting felsh into ya fat gob, give a thought that this animal used to enjoy running free till his/her life was cruelly denied. They dont live for us, they live for them.
What flesh eaters conveniently forget to find out about is the transport and handling and slaughter of the animals- all animals before they end up on a plate.
To educate yourself take a look at the information Animals' Angels provides on their site. They trail and investigate slaughter facilities especially in USA/Mexico.
And finally while you are shovelling that rotting felsh into ya fat gob, give a thought that this animal used to enjoy running free till his/her life was cruelly denied. They dont live for us, they live for them.
17-01-2009 03:01 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
You are very confused about what is happening in the U.S. concerning slaughter houses. Sheep, chicken, pigs and cows are raised here for food. We do not raise horses to eat, the majority are raised as pets and companion animals. We do not eat our dogs and cats. It is illegal in the U.S. to eat horsemeat or to feed it to our pets. The 3 U.S. slaughter houses were closed because laws were passed by the American people to prevent them from operating. By the way, they were owned by Belgium companies, not by Americans. You need to get your story straight before making such wide ranging statements that are totally false.
17-01-2009 04:52 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Horse slaughter created for elite American Hating Non-Tax Paying Foreigners is not my cup of tea. Bottom-dwellers, liers, stealers, and cheaters, plus extremely cruel people deal in horse slaughter. Many of the TB racing tracks are stepping up to the plate and banning anyone from their racing parks that deal in taking OTTB's to auctions where they may be bought for human consumption. The AQHA are the ones supplying the slaughter pipeline per USDA stats. Many horses are bought for slaughter that have life threatening carcinogens in them, but our USDA doesn't care. The people that eat the polluted meat don't care anymore than our American's eating crap burgers, they don't care as long as they get their rotting flesh.
American's don't eat horse meat and they never will. Those of us that care deeply for the horse know that we're where we are because of the horse and are dedicated to them. Power to the horses!
American's don't eat horse meat and they never will. Those of us that care deeply for the horse know that we're where we are because of the horse and are dedicated to them. Power to the horses!
17-01-2009 04:56 AM
| Posted by John Holland
The last three US horse slaughter plants closed in 2007. These were closed by the actions of states of Texas and Illinois.
However, in 2006 the USDA funding of required inspections for horse meat was removed from the Agriculture budget. This was disputed in the courts for a year or so, but is now in effect. So no new plant in the US could ship their meat to the EU for human consumption.
Yes, the Canadians and the Mexicans have greatly increased their production of horse meat because of the closures of the US plants. But the number of plants in these countries has increased to the point where there is now more capacity than demand. The number of horses exported for slaughter is very close to the total slaughtered in 2006.
A bill has just been introduced into the House Judiciary committee (HR.503) to ban horse slaughter and the export for slaughter of horses in the US.
President elect Obama and Vice President elect Biden were both cosponsors of the previous bill which did not come up for a vote in the last congress (despite an article here saying it had passed). So the passage of the newest incarnation is more likely than in the past.
However, in 2006 the USDA funding of required inspections for horse meat was removed from the Agriculture budget. This was disputed in the courts for a year or so, but is now in effect. So no new plant in the US could ship their meat to the EU for human consumption.
Yes, the Canadians and the Mexicans have greatly increased their production of horse meat because of the closures of the US plants. But the number of plants in these countries has increased to the point where there is now more capacity than demand. The number of horses exported for slaughter is very close to the total slaughtered in 2006.
A bill has just been introduced into the House Judiciary committee (HR.503) to ban horse slaughter and the export for slaughter of horses in the US.
President elect Obama and Vice President elect Biden were both cosponsors of the previous bill which did not come up for a vote in the last congress (despite an article here saying it had passed). So the passage of the newest incarnation is more likely than in the past.
17-01-2009 16:20 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
American horses are not classified as food animals and so most of the medications they are given on a regular basis are clearly labeled "Not to be administered to food source animals." The American horses that are exported to Canada and Mexico for slaughter are not tested by the US Dept. of Agriculture for these dangerous drugs and yet the meat is sold to consumers as "All Natural" and safe. I imagine the policy is similar in other countries where horse meat is butchered and sold to the public.
Horse meat is already a billion dollar industry and has been for decades. As long as consumers are stupid enough to buy the product, it will continue to be marketed by the Belgian and French controlled horse slaughter industry.
With the high likelihood of a Federal ban on the slaughter of American horses and the export of American horses to slaughter, consumers will be left with the thousands of horses from other countries to provide an unsafe alternative to regulated meat products. Good luck with that!!
Horse meat is already a billion dollar industry and has been for decades. As long as consumers are stupid enough to buy the product, it will continue to be marketed by the Belgian and French controlled horse slaughter industry.
With the high likelihood of a Federal ban on the slaughter of American horses and the export of American horses to slaughter, consumers will be left with the thousands of horses from other countries to provide an unsafe alternative to regulated meat products. Good luck with that!!
17-01-2009 18:22 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Slightly sweet, a cross between beef and venison, sounds delicious. I wish people were a little more open minded. You would think in this modern age, people wouldn't have such arcane hangups about the food they eat. Snails, horse meat, tripe, goat, fish, chocolate covered crickets, what is the big deal? No one is forcing you to eat your pet, but if someone else wants to, why is it your business to stop them?
Loosen up tight wads.
Loosen up tight wads.
17-01-2009 19:46 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
That multi billion dollar industry you speak about in such a cavalier manner doesn't benefit anyone except for the owners of the slaughterhouses. These random billions aren't feeding the poor; the meat is way too expensive to ever feed a poor person. The foreigners paid no taxes while slaughtering US horses in the US. The help they used were inexperienced as shown clearly in the FOIA reports and random inspections of the slaughter floor. The conditions the horses were shipped were egregious violations of the humane transportation laws, again verified by the FOIA. Horses are treated routinely with carcinogens and surely do not wait 30 days for their systems to purge. I believe the motto is, " from the stable to the table." Yum!
You really need to do some basic research before writing an article so full of contradictions to the tenets of accurate reporting. Horses have a completely different reaction to the slaughter process as does bovines. The natural fear of anything coming straight toward a horse's face and the long neck make it nearly impossible for the captive bolt method to humanely stun a horse on the first shot. Imagine an animal writhing in conscious agony while hung by a hind leg being bled out? You my dear have no idea what you write except maybe how horse meat tastes... and to that I firmly decline.
You really need to do some basic research before writing an article so full of contradictions to the tenets of accurate reporting. Horses have a completely different reaction to the slaughter process as does bovines. The natural fear of anything coming straight toward a horse's face and the long neck make it nearly impossible for the captive bolt method to humanely stun a horse on the first shot. Imagine an animal writhing in conscious agony while hung by a hind leg being bled out? You my dear have no idea what you write except maybe how horse meat tastes... and to that I firmly decline.
17-01-2009 22:21 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Hello Ms. Hayes,
Horses are companion pets..we do not ride our
cattle, trailer them out to shows, etc..and we
do not want to advocate cruelty to animals like
you do..that is exactly what slaughter is to
the horses..an advocacy to overbreed and allow
the worst cruelty to continue...get with what is
really true...you are advocating eating horsemeat
as a ride and dine event in the united states..
whose horse do we fry up after a ride..wicked witch of the US.
Horses are companion pets..we do not ride our
cattle, trailer them out to shows, etc..and we
do not want to advocate cruelty to animals like
you do..that is exactly what slaughter is to
the horses..an advocacy to overbreed and allow
the worst cruelty to continue...get with what is
really true...you are advocating eating horsemeat
as a ride and dine event in the united states..
whose horse do we fry up after a ride..wicked witch of the US.
17-01-2009 23:58 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
How can people callously murder creatures and eat their flesh for profit? Until this brutality and gluttony ceases man will also suffer at the hands and minds of other men.
18-01-2009 16:53 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Good for you! I am sick of animal huggers dictating the lives of livestock producers. Horses are Livestock....period! The world goes hungry and horse meat is the most nutritios product you can eat. As for VEGANS.....have a nice SHORT life.....
Personally, if you want to eat dog, horse, what ever meat is fine with me! Please animal huggers.....keep your nose out of a very regulated business, where horse processing is alloed. Good for you...your figures and accounts are very accurate!!!!!!!!!! The real world is very hard for liberal morons to accept!!! DEAL WITH IT!
Personally, if you want to eat dog, horse, what ever meat is fine with me! Please animal huggers.....keep your nose out of a very regulated business, where horse processing is alloed. Good for you...your figures and accounts are very accurate!!!!!!!!!! The real world is very hard for liberal morons to accept!!! DEAL WITH IT!
18-01-2009 17:39 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Bottom-dwellers, liers, stealers, and cheaters, plus extremely cruel people deal in horse slaughter. Many of the TB racing tracks are stepping up to the plate and banning anyone from their racing parks that deal in taking OTTB's to auctions where they may be bought for human consumption. The AQHA are the ones supplying the slaughter pipeline per USDA stats. Many horses are bought for slaughter that have life threatening carcinogens in them, but our USDA doesn't care.
GOOD POINTS! I am encouraged that the majority of the posts are not in favor of horse slaughter and find it interesting that it is the AQHA that are the ones providing the horses for slaughter, not the racing industry. I know the last post was by my brother. FYI Vegans live longer: red meat is not healthy for anyone which science has proven again and again. I had not thought about the consequences of the drugs given to horses that would be transmitted to the person who eats horsemeat but it is a viable concern. I don't think the American public will ever condone eating horsemeat. As far as the author's statement that horse slaughter is just the same as the conditions for cattle, sheep and pigs: they are all raised and killed in deplorable, horrific conditions. Apparently you are not acquainted with the US system since you are in the UK. To encourage this despicable trade is less than kind and lacks compassion, Ms. Hayes. You should be ashamed.
GOOD POINTS! I am encouraged that the majority of the posts are not in favor of horse slaughter and find it interesting that it is the AQHA that are the ones providing the horses for slaughter, not the racing industry. I know the last post was by my brother. FYI Vegans live longer: red meat is not healthy for anyone which science has proven again and again. I had not thought about the consequences of the drugs given to horses that would be transmitted to the person who eats horsemeat but it is a viable concern. I don't think the American public will ever condone eating horsemeat. As far as the author's statement that horse slaughter is just the same as the conditions for cattle, sheep and pigs: they are all raised and killed in deplorable, horrific conditions. Apparently you are not acquainted with the US system since you are in the UK. To encourage this despicable trade is less than kind and lacks compassion, Ms. Hayes. You should be ashamed.
26-01-2009 16:30 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Just wanted to ask why are we so close minded in eating horse meat I have never try it and don't think Ill ever will but when I read the article and looked at how much of this product is being consumed got me thinking that horse meat is cleaner than pork and don't know why I will never try horse but eat pork all my life.
17-01-2009 00:56 AM
17-01-2009 02:12 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Humanatarian for whom? Certainly not for the pigs. About time people went vegetarian and stopped the selfishness that is human. Better for the environment and better for our humanity.
16-01-2009 01:43 AM
17-01-2009 20:38 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Can you please post a direct link to these photos...I don't read Russian and can't find photos from link you did post
16-01-2009 00:59 AM
16-01-2009 01:46 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
The facts need to be expose here.First there are no unwanted horses this is a lie from Auctoneers,killer buyers, and overbreeders that are not restricted at all and are backed up by the Organizations like the AQHA and the APHA which promotes births of horses for papers only. To date non of these organizations have ever donated to rescues in the US or Canada. The stories of loose running horses are lies we have had investigations and contacted law inforcement which they replied back there was no such story in there community. This is a business that promotes abuse and neglect. Our preivous horse bill hr503 has now been reintroducted from sen. Conyers we have a large amount of sponsors. We also have the proof from the FOIA from the Texas plants how they lied saying horse slaughter was humane from being hauled in by double deckers to being slaughtered. Our pics, videos and statements from USDA tell a different story. To see the facts visit www.SaveDaHorses.org We also have created a program to help rescues called the Top Ten Rescues for donations which will restart soon. Our program has awarded more than $15,000 since its start. please do your research and say no to horse slaughter in any fourms.
16-01-2009 02:03 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
This article is untrue. There is no ban on horse slaughter in the U.S. The 3 horse slaughter facilities were closed down due to state legislation in the states of Illinois and Texas. There has been no federal legislation passed that will ban horse slaughter in the U.S.
Many articles have surfaced in the U.S. about abandoned horses, but most have been investigated, and turned out to be propaganda from the horse slaughter industry, spread in the hopes to return horse slaughter to the U.S. There were more American horses slaughtered last year in Canada and Mexico, than there were when the horse slaughter plants were operating in the U.S., proving that American horse owners are still selling their horses at auction, and the kill buyers who purchase the horses for slaughter houses in Mexico and Canada, are still purchasing horses for slaughter. To claim that horses will starve after running wild and causing damage to farms because there is no way to get rid of unwanted horses is absolutely ridiculous, and entirely false.
There is no law that has backfired, and as of today, a new bill was introduced to congress to stop the export of American horses to slaughter.
Many articles have surfaced in the U.S. about abandoned horses, but most have been investigated, and turned out to be propaganda from the horse slaughter industry, spread in the hopes to return horse slaughter to the U.S. There were more American horses slaughtered last year in Canada and Mexico, than there were when the horse slaughter plants were operating in the U.S., proving that American horse owners are still selling their horses at auction, and the kill buyers who purchase the horses for slaughter houses in Mexico and Canada, are still purchasing horses for slaughter. To claim that horses will starve after running wild and causing damage to farms because there is no way to get rid of unwanted horses is absolutely ridiculous, and entirely false.
There is no law that has backfired, and as of today, a new bill was introduced to congress to stop the export of American horses to slaughter.
16-01-2009 02:18 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Do you get your information out of comic books? This article is so packed full of untruyjs that the author needs to start drawing cartoons for a living. There is no increased cruelty to horses, there is no "increase" of horses wandering the streets, no horses being "turned loose" and unable to be caught.
If the suthor is going to sit in front of a computer and try to report the news, he needs to practice a basic principle of fact writing - called "research."
If the suthor is going to sit in front of a computer and try to report the news, he needs to practice a basic principle of fact writing - called "research."
16-01-2009 02:18 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Your information is incorrect. The U.S. has not passed a law prohibiting horse slaughter. The bill proposed by Rep. Conyers was not passed. The upsurge, if there is one, could be attributed to the downturn in our economy. The one fact that you have correct is that horses are being trucked to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, in fact, over 100,000 will be killed in this cruel fashion this year. There are several legal ways to "get ride of unwanted horses." One is to donate to local horse shelters and another is to euthanize. No horse EVER deserves to be killed in a slaughterhouse.
16-01-2009 02:19 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
You will get a pass on this ridiculous article because you are not in the US.
No such federal ban was passed. In, fact, we just introduced legislation that will ban horse slaughter. If horses are being turned loose it is not because slaughter is not available. More horses were slaughtered last year than when the domestic kill houses were open.
This entire article is based on a law that doesn't exist. Nice try, though.
www.vickitobin.com
No such federal ban was passed. In, fact, we just introduced legislation that will ban horse slaughter. If horses are being turned loose it is not because slaughter is not available. More horses were slaughtered last year than when the domestic kill houses were open.
This entire article is based on a law that doesn't exist. Nice try, though.
www.vickitobin.com
16-01-2009 03:09 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Your facts are a little off. Canada has ALWAYS slaughtered US horses, this is nothing new. There are no problems with horses being turned wild with no one able to catch them - rumors. Besides, tame horses would be easy to catch and the government is able to capture over 5000 wild mustangs each year, surely domestic horse capture would not be a problem. Only Congress approved the federal horse slaughter ban, it did not go to vote in the Senate, so it is not a federal law. The bill has just been reintroduced to the new Congress, H.R. 503.
US farmers and ranchers own very few horses in comparison to recreational horse owners. Horses are humanely euthanized in this country every day by veterinarians and disposed of according to county by county options, millions more each year are euthanized by vet than are sent to slaughter. Your average recreational horse owner would never consider selling their horses to slaughter buyers. Farmers and ranchers obviously have plenty of land for burying a dead horse. Selling horses to slaughter is greed driven, has nothing to do with horse welfare, and the EU would be appalled at the conditions US horses are sold and transported to slaughter.
EU member countries who consume US horsemeat should be concerned about the lack of veterinary medication restrictions and lack of drug residue testing as none apply to US horses slaughtered for human consumption. We give bute and other banned substances routinely in the US. In the UK you have horse passports that address this problem, in the US we do not. Currently US horses are being shipped to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, all US horse slaughterhouses have been closed. Your article is correct on that.
US farmers and ranchers own very few horses in comparison to recreational horse owners. Horses are humanely euthanized in this country every day by veterinarians and disposed of according to county by county options, millions more each year are euthanized by vet than are sent to slaughter. Your average recreational horse owner would never consider selling their horses to slaughter buyers. Farmers and ranchers obviously have plenty of land for burying a dead horse. Selling horses to slaughter is greed driven, has nothing to do with horse welfare, and the EU would be appalled at the conditions US horses are sold and transported to slaughter.
EU member countries who consume US horsemeat should be concerned about the lack of veterinary medication restrictions and lack of drug residue testing as none apply to US horses slaughtered for human consumption. We give bute and other banned substances routinely in the US. In the UK you have horse passports that address this problem, in the US we do not. Currently US horses are being shipped to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, all US horse slaughterhouses have been closed. Your article is correct on that.
16-01-2009 03:09 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
If there were such a thing as the unwanted horse that pro slaughter claims, then why not euthanize horses that are unhealthy by injection?
Why does everyone feel the solution is slaughter? It is not! Slaughter is NOT necessary, it is greed, this way the Cattlemen can make at least 5.00 per horse slaughtered instead of actually caring about the brutality these horses face and doing the right thing by injection and killing the possibility of having that meat eaten overseas.
The pro slaughter side is so rich, they can bully everyone into believing there is a need for slaughter with their lies and self serving articles.
We rescue these horses, as many as we can and years down the line when that horse has to be euthanized, we feel the loss and we wonder, how on earth anyone can claim there are unwanted horses.
If pro slaughter was truly concerned about the horse (who they ride on), then why do they not offer up some help instead of feeling this is necessary. Unfortunately because the Europeans are desiring our beefy, young horses, these horses have to die a brutal death because they have to be alive to slaughter so not to taint the meat!
Why does everyone feel the solution is slaughter? It is not! Slaughter is NOT necessary, it is greed, this way the Cattlemen can make at least 5.00 per horse slaughtered instead of actually caring about the brutality these horses face and doing the right thing by injection and killing the possibility of having that meat eaten overseas.
The pro slaughter side is so rich, they can bully everyone into believing there is a need for slaughter with their lies and self serving articles.
We rescue these horses, as many as we can and years down the line when that horse has to be euthanized, we feel the loss and we wonder, how on earth anyone can claim there are unwanted horses.
If pro slaughter was truly concerned about the horse (who they ride on), then why do they not offer up some help instead of feeling this is necessary. Unfortunately because the Europeans are desiring our beefy, young horses, these horses have to die a brutal death because they have to be alive to slaughter so not to taint the meat!
16-01-2009 04:37 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Is there a special school for this sort of journalism?
No, HR.6598 (Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act), did not pass in the US last year. It was introduced very late in the House of the 110th Congress. It was voted out of committee and died without reaching the floor for a vote. In any event there was never a matching bill in the Senate.
The claim that this has caused horses to be running loose in American streets is therefore somewhat exaggerated. I can only surmise, but I suspect that the journalists writing those stories might have been from the same school?
No, HR.6598 (Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act), did not pass in the US last year. It was introduced very late in the House of the 110th Congress. It was voted out of committee and died without reaching the floor for a vote. In any event there was never a matching bill in the Senate.
The claim that this has caused horses to be running loose in American streets is therefore somewhat exaggerated. I can only surmise, but I suspect that the journalists writing those stories might have been from the same school?
16-01-2009 05:49 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
You need to get your facts straight. The U.S. Federal government did NOT pass the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act or the Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act. The latter bill was just reintroduced by Rep. Conyers.
How ridiculous that you state that unwanted horses are being turned loose and no one is able to catch them. They can't be caught, because they do not exist in the first place. This is nothing more than pro-slaughter propaganda.
Further, the statement that 'there is no lawful or legal way to get rid of unwanted horses' is the most absurd statement to be presented by pro-slaughter factions to date. Owners still have the option to sell, lease, give away or HUMANELY euthanize horses. Shipping to slaughter has never been the primary way to dispose of horses.
Between 500,000 and 1,000,000 US horses die each year. Of these only 100,000 per year have been sent to slaughter. The owners of the other 400,000 to 900,000 horses found appropriate alternatives to slaughter.
Face reality. Slaughter is only about money and greed. It's time for owners and breed registries, such as the AQHA, to step up and refuse to allow US horses to be slaughtered to please the tastes of european diners. Slaughter your own horses and leave the US horses off your dinner plates.
Also, be aware that there are no withholding times for the numerous medications given to US equines nor is there any testing of horse meat. Nearly every common medication used on US equines is clearly labeled Not to be Used in Food Producing Animals. Why? Because many of these substances are known to cause cancer in humans. Dining on US horse meat is about as healthy as eating sludge. Enjoy your 'meal'.
How ridiculous that you state that unwanted horses are being turned loose and no one is able to catch them. They can't be caught, because they do not exist in the first place. This is nothing more than pro-slaughter propaganda.
Further, the statement that 'there is no lawful or legal way to get rid of unwanted horses' is the most absurd statement to be presented by pro-slaughter factions to date. Owners still have the option to sell, lease, give away or HUMANELY euthanize horses. Shipping to slaughter has never been the primary way to dispose of horses.
Between 500,000 and 1,000,000 US horses die each year. Of these only 100,000 per year have been sent to slaughter. The owners of the other 400,000 to 900,000 horses found appropriate alternatives to slaughter.
Face reality. Slaughter is only about money and greed. It's time for owners and breed registries, such as the AQHA, to step up and refuse to allow US horses to be slaughtered to please the tastes of european diners. Slaughter your own horses and leave the US horses off your dinner plates.
Also, be aware that there are no withholding times for the numerous medications given to US equines nor is there any testing of horse meat. Nearly every common medication used on US equines is clearly labeled Not to be Used in Food Producing Animals. Why? Because many of these substances are known to cause cancer in humans. Dining on US horse meat is about as healthy as eating sludge. Enjoy your 'meal'.
16-01-2009 10:22 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
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16-01-2009 16:34 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Who wrote this ill informed nonsense? There is no ban on slaughter in the US. The three slaughter houses were closed in 2007 due to their illegal operations, by state officials.
Horse slaughter in the US is just like cattle slaughter where the animals can see ahead to the kill pen as they are forced down a chute to be "stunned" and butchered alive, not the closed off stall where the horse is quietly led by halter as in Britain. Have you seen the recent FOIA 900 page document recently releases by the USDA about the cruelty in the Texas plant, with graphic photos of live horses that have limbs missing, eyes hanging out, others of death during transport, births on the slaughter house floor. It is extreme cruelty and a disgrace; there is nothing humane about it.
As for the 'abandoned horses" line, a favorite of the pro slaughter people, not one article claiming this has been proven correct, when investigated. Slaughter is greed driven by the cold and callous Kill Buyers, pure and simple; without a thought for the welfare of the horse. Many of them have new shoes on when their legs are cut off. Don't insult my intelligence with this drivel.
Horse slaughter in the US is just like cattle slaughter where the animals can see ahead to the kill pen as they are forced down a chute to be "stunned" and butchered alive, not the closed off stall where the horse is quietly led by halter as in Britain. Have you seen the recent FOIA 900 page document recently releases by the USDA about the cruelty in the Texas plant, with graphic photos of live horses that have limbs missing, eyes hanging out, others of death during transport, births on the slaughter house floor. It is extreme cruelty and a disgrace; there is nothing humane about it.
As for the 'abandoned horses" line, a favorite of the pro slaughter people, not one article claiming this has been proven correct, when investigated. Slaughter is greed driven by the cold and callous Kill Buyers, pure and simple; without a thought for the welfare of the horse. Many of them have new shoes on when their legs are cut off. Don't insult my intelligence with this drivel.
16-01-2009 18:43 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
BAN ON HORSE SLAUGHTER.
The Congress in the United States approved a measure last year , that placed a ban on the slaughter of horses for human consumption
THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS FALSE!!!!!!!!!Only 2 states in the USA....TX and IL have laws prohibing the processing of horses for human consumption. They can still process horses for animal foos aka.Zoo's
Where do you animal huggin SOB's get your information???PRO HORSE PROCESSING!!!!!!!
The Congress in the United States approved a measure last year , that placed a ban on the slaughter of horses for human consumption
THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS FALSE!!!!!!!!!Only 2 states in the USA....TX and IL have laws prohibing the processing of horses for human consumption. They can still process horses for animal foos aka.Zoo's
Where do you animal huggin SOB's get your information???PRO HORSE PROCESSING!!!!!!!
18-01-2009 12:29 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
For me personally there is no differance between eating a cow, sheep or horse - but for the sake of this subject especially as I do not look at horses as ' farm animals ' which are bred specifically for the 'plate '. To me they are companion animals - be they working horses or children's ( sadly ) play toys and everything inbetween because whichever reason for their being, they are being loved and cared for by someone. I do wish the media would investigate their stories properly before they put pen to paper and publish them. Horse Slaughter is based on pure greed - nothing more, nothing less ! Unlike here in the UK it is illegal to EAT horse meat in the USA ,and these poor unfortunate creatures are being slaughtered to supply a European market ! I have viewed the transportation and slaughtering methods and they are to the extreme meaning of the word, CRUEL ! What needs to be done is for horse owners to be held responsible and to treat them with the respect and care they so deserve. Not to just turn them out like worn out pieces of garbage when they think they are no longer any good to be 'used' by them any more !
Oh yes, someone definately needs to look deeply into the horse slaughter 'business' and write the FACTS ! From a proud to be, wouldn't have it any other way, animal huggin SOB as someone described those of us who care about these horses !
Oh yes, someone definately needs to look deeply into the horse slaughter 'business' and write the FACTS ! From a proud to be, wouldn't have it any other way, animal huggin SOB as someone described those of us who care about these horses !
19-01-2009 14:57 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
I have read all the comments on this page.
I have taken in all the views.
The bottom line in this 'Evolved and modern world' we live in today is that, even if man says these pure souls have to die they should be allowed to with dignity and peace.
The slaughter man and people who collect and transport these animals are all to often VOID of any feeling to the cold and barbaric process they put these animals through, and I feel sorry for these people to not be able to 'feel'.
But I must not forget to praise any man who has to be involved in the killing of animals who can respect the care of that animals soul and life to see it travelled and killed in a kind and humane way.
Thats what we need to see more in this world.
I dont think I will ever live in a world where man dosnt kill animals for meat etc but please I ask the meat industry please find more ways to respect the animal, they do have feelings and feel and smell fear.
The Horse was mans main form of transport, and carried man into wars, and have given centuries of mans pleasure for sport and recreation, which I feel awards the horse this respect all the more.
Melita Morgan British Actress
I have taken in all the views.
The bottom line in this 'Evolved and modern world' we live in today is that, even if man says these pure souls have to die they should be allowed to with dignity and peace.
The slaughter man and people who collect and transport these animals are all to often VOID of any feeling to the cold and barbaric process they put these animals through, and I feel sorry for these people to not be able to 'feel'.
But I must not forget to praise any man who has to be involved in the killing of animals who can respect the care of that animals soul and life to see it travelled and killed in a kind and humane way.
Thats what we need to see more in this world.
I dont think I will ever live in a world where man dosnt kill animals for meat etc but please I ask the meat industry please find more ways to respect the animal, they do have feelings and feel and smell fear.
The Horse was mans main form of transport, and carried man into wars, and have given centuries of mans pleasure for sport and recreation, which I feel awards the horse this respect all the more.
Melita Morgan British Actress
16-01-2009 00:43 AM
16-01-2009 01:33 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Brazil is going the wrong way in the ethanol debate, brazil should stop trying to sell the ethanol idea to others, let them be hostages forever of the OPEC's of the world, just using the ethanol internally should enhance a lot the brazil economy competitive edge.
No need to sell our green petrol to no one
No need to sell our green petrol to no one
16-01-2009 00:26 AM
16-01-2009 17:15 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Hemp, the most valuable crop in the world is being stopped by the DEA's silly war on drugs too.
16-01-2009 00:21 AM
20-01-2009 03:40 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
The anecdote is great except for the poor people who built and maintained the golf course for the betterment of the community.
15-01-2009 00:41 AM
15-01-2009 11:02 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
What a load of crap. Australia fails to enforce state and federal legislations which govern the regulations for live export because they fail to consistently have an animal welfare officer present.
This is political clap trap...
This is political clap trap...
14-01-2009 22:36 PM
20-01-2009 23:14 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
EU agriculture commissioner is writing about this on her blog: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/fischer-boel/
14-01-2009 11:49 AM
15-01-2009 16:54 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
"your estate will be subject to Inteastacy Laws", Where can I find what these laws are?
15-01-2009 19:20 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Here is a link to more information about the laws on wills.
http://www.rate.co.uk/writing_a_will/intestacy_laws.html
http://www.rate.co.uk/writing_a_will/intestacy_laws.html
14-01-2009 10:23 AM
14-01-2009 19:49 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
'm a smallholder and lost almost my entire flock to tick-borne louping ill and soon after I contracted Borreliosis (Lyme disease). I found the charity Borreliosis and Associated Diseases Awareness - UK (BADA-UK) a great help. They have a very informative website and I bought myself a tick removal hook from them. I came across them a couple of years ago when I heard one of their representitives on the radio during their national awareness week. They were very supportive in regard to my own infection and helped me understand things much better.
Here is the link to their website - http://www.bada-uk.org
Here is the link to their website - http://www.bada-uk.org
14-01-2009 21:49 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
An interesting article I hope the research finds something useful. Excuse me for being sarcastic that a ticks saliva is so incredibly clever that it warrants research in case it can benefit medicine against auto immune illness but the infections the tick transmits according to IDSA are rare and easy to cure in a short course of antibiotics.NOT. There is ample research that shows what a complex organism borrelia and other tick borne illnesses are. Much information can be found on charity website www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk as well as Bada uk as posted previously.
I have been ill 5 1/2 years and diagnosed with many things including ME/CFS and Poly myalgia Rheumatica My severe arthritis and muscle weakness became so bad I could hardly stand or walk across a room I have not worked for over a year but after many months of antibiotics following a diagnosis of Lyme Disease and my GP treating me as per ILADS guidelines I am very much improved and can again walk upstairs something I was not able to do for 3 1/2 years. I am still not well enough to return to work and my symptoms deteriorate when I stop antibiotics but compared with 2 years ago I have a body worth living in.
How many more people will suffer before our HPA sits down and listens to the research that is available and talks to the few private doctors helping us.There have been questions in Parliament and there was a meeting at the House of Commons in November at least there are MP's taking our health seriously.
Lyme Disease is not going away and livestock is the least of our concerns but nevertheless important. See www.underourskin.com for details about the politics in USA that is affecting us in UK.
Joanne Drayson Guildford Surrey
I have been ill 5 1/2 years and diagnosed with many things including ME/CFS and Poly myalgia Rheumatica My severe arthritis and muscle weakness became so bad I could hardly stand or walk across a room I have not worked for over a year but after many months of antibiotics following a diagnosis of Lyme Disease and my GP treating me as per ILADS guidelines I am very much improved and can again walk upstairs something I was not able to do for 3 1/2 years. I am still not well enough to return to work and my symptoms deteriorate when I stop antibiotics but compared with 2 years ago I have a body worth living in.
How many more people will suffer before our HPA sits down and listens to the research that is available and talks to the few private doctors helping us.There have been questions in Parliament and there was a meeting at the House of Commons in November at least there are MP's taking our health seriously.
Lyme Disease is not going away and livestock is the least of our concerns but nevertheless important. See www.underourskin.com for details about the politics in USA that is affecting us in UK.
Joanne Drayson Guildford Surrey
14-01-2009 01:02 AM
15-01-2009 05:57 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
It seems, with the introduction of microbial pesticides, insecticides, fungicides, etc. there has been an increase in human and animal illnesses, specifically salmonella and E coli. We did not have these problems to this extent before.
Found on the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs; Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division Form 8570-6 (2000) states the following:
After fermentation and prior to further processing, each batch must be tested for the following microbial contaminants and have levels below those listed:
E. coli Coliform Bacteria
Salmonella
Shigella
Staphlococci
Vibrio
Yeast
Mold
One such form (4 found pages) issued to a biotechnology company by EPA can be found at http://www.biotechawareness.com/images/conditional_registration_aq_qst_713_2000_copy.pdf which will validate the EPA's actual form stating the above.
Additionally found on this form is; death in Freshwater Aquatic Invertebrate, question of Bacillus Subtilis infection in shrimp, questions of death to "HONEY BEES" and not meeting guidelines requirements in submission (studies) on the toxicity and pathogenicity to "FRESH WATER FISH".
[ADDITIONAL FORMS (8570-6) FROM THE EPA, CONTAINING THE ABOVE "WORDING" CANNOT BE FOUND. WAS THIS ELIMINATED ENTIRELY BY THE EPA AS A CONDITION FOR REGISTRATION FOR BIOPETICIDES?]
"WHY" should there be "ANY" concerns that "ANY" of the above bacteria or fungi being put on our food crops or found in spray used for insect control?
Found on the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs; Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division Form 8570-6 (2000) states the following:
After fermentation and prior to further processing, each batch must be tested for the following microbial contaminants and have levels below those listed:
E. coli Coliform Bacteria
Salmonella
Shigella
Staphlococci
Vibrio
Yeast
Mold
One such form (4 found pages) issued to a biotechnology company by EPA can be found at http://www.biotechawareness.com/images/conditional_registration_aq_qst_713_2000_copy.pdf which will validate the EPA's actual form stating the above.
Additionally found on this form is; death in Freshwater Aquatic Invertebrate, question of Bacillus Subtilis infection in shrimp, questions of death to "HONEY BEES" and not meeting guidelines requirements in submission (studies) on the toxicity and pathogenicity to "FRESH WATER FISH".
[ADDITIONAL FORMS (8570-6) FROM THE EPA, CONTAINING THE ABOVE "WORDING" CANNOT BE FOUND. WAS THIS ELIMINATED ENTIRELY BY THE EPA AS A CONDITION FOR REGISTRATION FOR BIOPETICIDES?]
"WHY" should there be "ANY" concerns that "ANY" of the above bacteria or fungi being put on our food crops or found in spray used for insect control?
14-01-2009 00:34 AM
16-01-2009 00:33 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Argentina has just 225,846 hectares planted with vines, 1322 wineries, produced 2.822.000 Kg. of grapes, made 1.468 million lt. of wine and consumed locally (fig. October 08) 966.167,29 hl.
Argentina's wine exports (fig. October 08) reached 445.614,78 hl. Grape must exports reached(fig. October 08) 109.885,67 hl.
http://www.inv.gov.ar/PDF/Estadisticas/RegistroVinedos/registrovinedossuperficie2007-total%20pais.pdf
Best
Daniel Lopez Roca
ArgentineWines.Com
daniel@argentinewines.com
Argentina's wine exports (fig. October 08) reached 445.614,78 hl. Grape must exports reached(fig. October 08) 109.885,67 hl.
http://www.inv.gov.ar/PDF/Estadisticas/RegistroVinedos/registrovinedossuperficie2007-total%20pais.pdf
Best
Daniel Lopez Roca
ArgentineWines.Com
daniel@argentinewines.com
13-01-2009 02:50 AM
13-01-2009 11:45 AM
| Posted by Carol Kemp
I am surprised at the unnecessary slaughter of livestock being carried out!!!! No wonder we are in recession. My deepest sympathy to the Irish farmers!
Look at the elderly people, in excellent health, who have eaten meat, eggs and drank milk all their lives. Compared with many young people we are very fit!
I grew up on a farm during the 1940s and 50s drank milk straight from the cow, eaten home killed pork/bacon from pigs feed on swill/Tottenham cake. Still drink milk straight from the goat, eat my own pork/bacon, mutton, lamb and eggs. Will not feed my animals on concentrate made out of, what I see as, floor sweepings and G.M. imports from S America.
Politicians should leave farming to the farmers!
Farmers have been farming for hundreds of years, only when politicians start interfering do we see the health of animals and humans deteriorate.
I am a great grandmother, fit and very active, my good health is down to good healthy food!
I hope my posting encourages others to support farming and stand against the politicians.
Look at the elderly people, in excellent health, who have eaten meat, eggs and drank milk all their lives. Compared with many young people we are very fit!
I grew up on a farm during the 1940s and 50s drank milk straight from the cow, eaten home killed pork/bacon from pigs feed on swill/Tottenham cake. Still drink milk straight from the goat, eat my own pork/bacon, mutton, lamb and eggs. Will not feed my animals on concentrate made out of, what I see as, floor sweepings and G.M. imports from S America.
Politicians should leave farming to the farmers!
Farmers have been farming for hundreds of years, only when politicians start interfering do we see the health of animals and humans deteriorate.
I am a great grandmother, fit and very active, my good health is down to good healthy food!
I hope my posting encourages others to support farming and stand against the politicians.
12-01-2009 01:43 AM
21-01-2009 08:21 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
New Zealand Farmers are faced with massive local and regional council rates for which there is usually no discernible benefit;my Regional Council The Hawkes Bay Regional Council even took all my water away; drying up my permanently flowing stream!
Will they compensate me ...no they simply think its a joke!
Will they compensate me ...no they simply think its a joke!
09-01-2009 03:24 AM
01-02-2009 15:08 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
unplanned mass vaccination going on in maharashtra state,INDIA
09-01-2009 02:20 AM
06-04-2009 20:20 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
We are also preseving bees in East Africa from the eftects of global worming and the devistation of the enviroment and not to mention the use of careless use of pesticides in the horticultiral and flower industry
12-05-2009 13:40 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Inventory on the wild bees of Tunisia.
Summary: Our study is carried out in 3 sites of two populations: Northern East population Cape Bon [ Nabeul and Tunis ] and Population Kroumirie Mogood [ Tabarka ]. The sampling is carried out by yellow vats water.
The result of our identification by sites is as follows:
Tunis : (4 Family: 15 Genus) [ F Apidae (7Genus: Xylocopa, Bombus, Apis, Melecta, Nomada, Eucera and Anthophora), F.Andrenidae (2 kinds: Andrena and Panurgus), F.Megachilidae (3 Genus: Osmia, Hoplitis and Chelostoma) and F Halictidae (3Genus: Lasioglossum, Halictus and Sphecodes) ].
Nabeul : (4 Family: 11 Genus) [ F Apidae (5 Genus: Bombus, Apis, Ceratina, Eucera and Anthophora), F Andrenidae (2 Genus: Andrena and Panurgus), F Megachilidae (2 Genus: Osmia and Chelostoma) and F.Halictidae (1 Genus: Lasioglossum) ]
Tabarka : (5 Family: 20 Genus) [ F Apidae (7Genus: Xylocopa, Bombus, Apis, Ceratina, Nomada, Eucera and Anthophora), F Andrenidae (4 Genus: Andrena, Panurgus, Panurginus and Mellitturga), F Megachilidae (5 Genus: Osmia, Chelostoma, Hoplotis, Dioxys and Rhodanthidium) and F.Halictidae (3 genus: Lasioglossum, Sphecodes and Halictus), F.Colletidae (1Genus: Hylaeus) ]. The biodiversity of the honeybee pollinators in Tabarka is richer than Nabeul region. This difference seems related to pesticide treatments of crops in this region.
Summary: Our study is carried out in 3 sites of two populations: Northern East population Cape Bon [ Nabeul and Tunis ] and Population Kroumirie Mogood [ Tabarka ]. The sampling is carried out by yellow vats water.
The result of our identification by sites is as follows:
Tunis : (4 Family: 15 Genus) [ F Apidae (7Genus: Xylocopa, Bombus, Apis, Melecta, Nomada, Eucera and Anthophora), F.Andrenidae (2 kinds: Andrena and Panurgus), F.Megachilidae (3 Genus: Osmia, Hoplitis and Chelostoma) and F Halictidae (3Genus: Lasioglossum, Halictus and Sphecodes) ].
Nabeul : (4 Family: 11 Genus) [ F Apidae (5 Genus: Bombus, Apis, Ceratina, Eucera and Anthophora), F Andrenidae (2 Genus: Andrena and Panurgus), F Megachilidae (2 Genus: Osmia and Chelostoma) and F.Halictidae (1 Genus: Lasioglossum) ]
Tabarka : (5 Family: 20 Genus) [ F Apidae (7Genus: Xylocopa, Bombus, Apis, Ceratina, Nomada, Eucera and Anthophora), F Andrenidae (4 Genus: Andrena, Panurgus, Panurginus and Mellitturga), F Megachilidae (5 Genus: Osmia, Chelostoma, Hoplotis, Dioxys and Rhodanthidium) and F.Halictidae (3 genus: Lasioglossum, Sphecodes and Halictus), F.Colletidae (1Genus: Hylaeus) ]. The biodiversity of the honeybee pollinators in Tabarka is richer than Nabeul region. This difference seems related to pesticide treatments of crops in this region.
06-01-2009 01:52 AM
25-02-2009 16:27 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
does this mean the sheep are now stunned prior to having throat cut
15-03-2009 08:54 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Congrutulations for the Award of Halal Meat Company to The abattoir of Janan Meats.
New Zealand Halal Foods Limited appreciates the value and contiburion to our Muslim community in Englang and across the board.
Jazaak Allah
Fahim Khan
Director,
New Zealand Halal Foods Limited.
e-mail: newzealandhalal@xtra.co.nz
New Zealand Halal Foods Limited appreciates the value and contiburion to our Muslim community in Englang and across the board.
Jazaak Allah
Fahim Khan
Director,
New Zealand Halal Foods Limited.
e-mail: newzealandhalal@xtra.co.nz
06-01-2009 01:27 AM
20-01-2009 04:43 AM
| Posted by Jack Herer
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03-01-2009 00:43 AM
05-01-2009 09:42 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Beef was actually reintroduced into the product back in 2006, so Bovril does now use beef in it's formula.
02-01-2009 01:13 AM
04-02-2009 06:09 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
China can keep their rabbit over there. They have brought enought junk to the US.
23-03-2009 18:15 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
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Rabbit Meat Production in Cameroon (06-30 April 2009).
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You are invited to join the Internet Seminar on
Rabbit Meat Production in Cameroon (06-30 April 2009).
The seminar is organized by the Integrated Biosystems Network, International Organization for Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (www.iobborg.net)
You can participate via email or online. There is no registration fee.
Participation by email:
To register, send a blank email to:
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Discussion messages will be sent to you by email and you can respond
with comments or questions to :
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Online Participation:
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28-03-2009 19:14 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
Hopefully they're dead before they skin them, as they are known to do to rabbits and other species.
01-01-2009 01:29 AM
01-01-2009 18:32 PM
| Posted by Patricia Bewley
The end of horse slaughter to feed the appetite of the Belgians and French cannot end too soon. the cruelty that is metted against horses in Amreica to be hauled to Canada and Mexico to satisfy the greed of the Belgians must stop. Surely the abomination of eating horsemeat filled with worm medicine , pain killers, steroids, drugs of all kinds can't be worth it. you realize the killer buyers take them from aucions to the slaughter house and ship the meat to you in a matter of days??
30-12-2008 00:17 AM
30-12-2008 13:56 PM
| Posted by Jeanne Erling
They abuse their workers. See an article by Carlos Caminada about how they treat the sugar cane workers in Brazil.
29-12-2008 01:39 AM
07-01-2009 23:47 PM
| Posted by Mel Liu
"they took over an existing supermarket chain known as Fresh and Easy."
That's incorrect, Tesco built the Fresh & Easy chain from the ground up as a wholly owned subsidiary. They did not "take over" an existing chain.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_&_Easy
That's incorrect, Tesco built the Fresh & Easy chain from the ground up as a wholly owned subsidiary. They did not "take over" an existing chain.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_&_Easy
24-12-2008 03:57 AM
25-12-2008 11:12 AM
| Posted by Mike Y
It was about time someone told it like it is. All the fuss over the "farmer strike" earlier this year made my head boil... I was down there, and I can say that the so-called "strike" had a lot of bias and was politically motivated, with the largest soybean producers having a key role in the road blockades that hurt a lot of people in the big cities.
I agree with the author, that it's a shame that some cattle producers were lured into the soybean "gold rush". What is worse, is that the "sliding scale tax" that the government proposed made a lot of sense, and would mean that now that international soybean prices are lower, they would be paying much less, but no, they wanted a fixed tax, so that's what they got in the end. And now it hurts them.
In the end, there's hope... all this brouhaha will come to an end after the next legislative elections... at least the protest leaders have come clear with their political intentions. And the lower soybean prices, coupled with the government's decision to lower taxes to most agricultural produce but soybean means that perhaps the soybean gold rush will slowly fade away.
As you aptly point out, the Americans and the Brazilians aren't silly, and that's why they have invested heavily in meat production. The ones whom are silly are the small farmers whom are used as part of the large soybean producers' politcally motivated agenda.
I agree with the author, that it's a shame that some cattle producers were lured into the soybean "gold rush". What is worse, is that the "sliding scale tax" that the government proposed made a lot of sense, and would mean that now that international soybean prices are lower, they would be paying much less, but no, they wanted a fixed tax, so that's what they got in the end. And now it hurts them.
In the end, there's hope... all this brouhaha will come to an end after the next legislative elections... at least the protest leaders have come clear with their political intentions. And the lower soybean prices, coupled with the government's decision to lower taxes to most agricultural produce but soybean means that perhaps the soybean gold rush will slowly fade away.
As you aptly point out, the Americans and the Brazilians aren't silly, and that's why they have invested heavily in meat production. The ones whom are silly are the small farmers whom are used as part of the large soybean producers' politcally motivated agenda.
24-12-2008 00:41 AM
11-03-2009 12:53 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
There have been two shipments of dairy cattle from the USA to Russia. One from Houston which was a diaster. The other was only a shipment of 1100 on a ship(Devon) to hold 2000 head. Shipment was done by Russians out of Wilmington, Deleware with unloading on March 10 on the Black Sea.
22-12-2008 15:21 PM
11-01-2009 16:22 PM
| Posted by Anne Willington
Interesting to see these stats on effect of precision farming on sugar cane farming - 39% and 58% reductions could have huge impact on profitability of crop.
12-12-2008 14:49 PM
21-05-2009 21:26 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
I was walking on the back of Roundton Hill in Montgomeryshire today and spotted a dirty big tapeworm proglottid in a sheep faeces. It looked like a hollow penne pasta tube but when poked with a stick uncurled to reveal itself as about 3cm long and 1cm wide. So just to let whoever farms the fields around there know, I thgink this pretty important. Took a digital picture of it in situ, which might seem like a strange thing to do, and this can be sent. I come from a farming area in Australia.
Keith Livingstone: living@alivechiropractic.com.au
Keith Livingstone: living@alivechiropractic.com.au
08-12-2008 13:59 PM
10-02-2009 18:35 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
it is so nice. whether Tamilnadu agricultural university really setting the 224 automatic weather station. the project was started or not. enquire about it.
13-11-2008 11:19 AM
18-03-2009 22:29 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
When are you going to let everyone know how much this tractor cost
06-11-2008 16:56 PM
24-02-2009 08:33 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Good Luck to you Hamish.Just dont do what you did at Riviera Desserts and make everyone redundant.
04-11-2008 18:57 PM
11-01-2009 16:25 PM
| Posted by Anne Willington
Not sure how this was publisiced but I didn't get info on it - and being at the heart of the precision farming industry this seems odd. I would be interested to hear from anyone that attended workshop or do they mean Nov 2009?
18-09-2008 08:43 AM
11-01-2011 09:55 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
Well done Organic Farmers and Growers. It's good to see it promoting genuine compostable bags to their Members and not the 'degradable' type which should not be used for either commercial or home composting.
11-09-2008 19:53 PM
08-09-2008 20:53 PM
24-02-2009 09:35 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
How do i take advantage of this subsidy? it sounds like a great idea but no info on who to talk to about it.
01-09-2008 21:07 PM
07-06-2013 20:10 PM
| Posted by musabyemungu jean d' amour
here u staed the useful information, it should be very nice to state the control chemicals and how to use them.
26-08-2008 12:12 PM
21-05-2009 10:04 AM
| Posted by Anonymous
I feel extremely sad that the Royal Show is to terminate this year. However,as life long supporter of the show I feel that the committee has failed to consult the public on changes that need to be made.
I always make a point of talking to the vendors on the stands and year on year I hear the same voices of discontent with the same problems...no one listens! The cost for the stands seems extremely high compared to other large shows and the placement of the stands is often so out of the way that many stall holders loose out. I feel very strongly that the organisers of the show have shot themselves in the foot by not listening.
Talk to the public talk and to the vendors and listen!!!
I feel outraged that so much more could have been done to save this wonderful show.
I always make a point of talking to the vendors on the stands and year on year I hear the same voices of discontent with the same problems...no one listens! The cost for the stands seems extremely high compared to other large shows and the placement of the stands is often so out of the way that many stall holders loose out. I feel very strongly that the organisers of the show have shot themselves in the foot by not listening.
Talk to the public talk and to the vendors and listen!!!
I feel outraged that so much more could have been done to save this wonderful show.
11-08-2008 13:50 PM
08-08-2008 12:20 PM
04-08-2008 20:37 PM
07-04-2009 16:30 PM
| Posted by Anonymous
well done everyone I would love to help the bees myself but am struggling to find information. I have purchased two bee feeders but no takers as yet.
29-07-2008 13:57 PM
25-12-2012 12:28 PM
| Posted by francis
who sells them in north america
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| Posted by MJBULLS4U
I am very interested in any info or reviews on this machine . Or if anyone knows of used one for sale . Thanks
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| Posted by Anonymous
I AM VERY INSPIRED BY THIS PROJECT AS THIS PROJECT WILL JOIN UP ANCIENT WOODLAND,AND THIS WILL SPEED UP ITS NATURALISATION AND WILDLIFE WILL SPREAD BACK. WE MUSTPROTECT ANCIENT WOODLAND WHERE THE ECOSYSTEMS ARE MORE INTACT.
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| Posted by Anonymous
To chop or not is not a decision taken lightley and on the day, for me it is a case of looking at the P and K that is being removed and how much it will cost to replace it out of a bag. I'm sure the market will find its own level. Shropshire lad
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| Posted by eleri
Hi, have just read the article about welsh white cattle at glaslyn, machynlleth, which I found very interesting, as I have, last week, purchased a welsh whife heiffer, and would like more information about this rare breed.
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| Posted by Anonymous
We've been contaminated with manure that we obtained in February (2009) from local stables who said they didn't spray.
Their hay suppliers must have sprayed. This plant hormone (Aminopyralid) is way too persistent to be relicensed. Surely.
Jon, Brighton, East Sussex
Their hay suppliers must have sprayed. This plant hormone (Aminopyralid) is way too persistent to be relicensed. Surely.
Jon, Brighton, East Sussex
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| Posted by Anonymous
Well done Prince Charles. I think he is doing a terrific job and does not get the praise he deserves. We are very lucky to have him in this country and he will be proved to have been very far sighted in his approach to farming.
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