Slaughterhouses are terrifying for horses. Horses have an instinctual “fight or flight” mindset, and when forced into a kill box, they try their best to escape, making the typical “captive bolt” ...

Washington, DC—In honor of National Horse Protection Day on March 1, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers today reintroduced the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act to permanently protect ...

Washington, DC—Just days after a committee of the US House of Representatives tried to kill legislation aimed at curtailing commercial horse slaughter in the United States, a Mississippi man hauling ...

On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially halted exports of all live animals to Mexico in response to the June 3 detection of a devastating pest called “new world screwworm ...

Equine groups like Pennsylvania’s Omega Horse Rescue are working daily to solve equine welfare issues on the ground. They provide lifesaving resources to help keep horses in their homes or support ...

Shocking footage of racehorses being abused and slaughtered in a Queensland abattoir has prompted an investigation and calls ...

Justin Tupper manages St. Onge Livestock, which holds a monthly horse sale. Tupper said the slaughterhouse shutdown has driven down the price for slaughter horses from between 40 cents and 50 cents a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two rescue horses recently got a second chance at life after being saved at the very last minute. The horses rescued from ...