ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Federal officials have granted a southeastern New Mexico company's request to open a horse slaughterhouse, adding Friday that they plan to grant similar permits to operations in ...

In the House, lawmakers took up another issue altogether. They voted yesterday to end a practice many Americans may have been unaware was evening happening: the slaughter of horses for human ...

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The controversy over the commercial slaughter of horses in the United States resumed a little more than a week ago with a report from the Government Accountability Office that raised questions about ...

MISSOULA -- Kathy Luedtke opposes slaughtering horses for meat. It's inhumane, she says. But that's not why Luedtke, a Stevensville horsewoman, was on the University of Montana campus Friday with her ...

RUSHVILLE, Neb. — At dusk, after all the fancy horses had been auctioned, Doug Barnes settled into a seat at the sale barn and got down to business. Three, four, five or more horses ambled into the ...

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — About five miles from this southeastern New Mexico town’s famed UFO museum, tucked between dairy farms, is a nondescript metal building that could be home to any number of small ...

"We realized, after rescuing Millie and Clyde, there were so many horses there that needed rescued and needed humanely euthanized. They didn't deserve to be put on a slaughter truck," Thompson said.

Holland, of Shawsville, is a freelance writer, author of three books and senior analyst for Americans Against Horse Slaughter. In the aftermath of Black Monday, most of us felt like Baghdad citizens ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A group of horse owners and clubs is urging the governor to support a proposed horse slaughterhouse in Roswell, saying the closing of domestic facilities five years ago has ...