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  2. Farm Bill must include protections against the slaughter of ...

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    Nearly 80% of horse owners surveyed report fear of the slaughter pipeline as a key reason they delay seeking help or rehoming their beloved horse past the point when they can provide adequate care.

  3. Horse slaughter - Wikipedia

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    Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption. Humans have long consumed horse meat; the oldest known cave art, the 30,000-year-old paintings in France's Chauvet Cave , depict horses with other wild animals hunted by humans. [ 1 ]

  4. Wild horses put up for adoption by the government are ending ...

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    The agency maintains that the program is essential. There are more than 82,000 horses and burros on public land, BLM officials say, which is far higher than the roughly 26,000 the agency considers ...

  5. Snowman (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Snowman (February 29, 1948 – September 24, 1974) [citation needed] was a former plow horse [1] of mixed breed ancestry, possibly a cross of a grade horse with a US Army Remount stallion. [ citation needed ] He was purchased for $80 on his way to a slaughterhouse and became a champion in show jumping in the United States during the 1950s.

  6. Meat horse - Wikipedia

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    Meat horse of the Comtois breed. A meat horse, or slaughter horse, is a horse bred for its ability to yield meat. Coming from draft horses formerly used for agricultural work, these horses are threatened with extinction by the mechanization of agricultural activities. This state of affairs has prompted breeders to look for new economic outlets.

  7. Bull headed for slaughterhouse escapes, goes on rampage ... - AOL

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    A bull bound for a Massachusetts slaughterhouse briefly escaped its fate Monday after it crashed through electrified fences, jumped a berm, ran across on an interstate and swam through a lake ...

  8. Union Stockyards (Omaha) - Wikipedia

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    On average, 20,000 animals per day arrived at the Union Stockyards for slaughter. [9] Cattle, hogs, sheep, buffalo, deer, horses, mules and chickens were sold on the market in early years. By 1888, the "Big Four" packing companies, which included Hammond’s, Fowler Brothers, Swift & Company , and Armour-Cudahy , were operating in Omaha.

  9. Horse Protection Act of 1970 - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1976 amendment, there have been several other proposed changes to the act, all unsuccessful so far. In 2005, HR 503, titled the "Horse Slaughter Prohibition Bill", was introduced by U.S. Representative John E. Sweeney (R-NY). The bill would have made major changes to the focus of the Horse Protection Act, by prohibiting the "shipping ...