Where there is information, there is enlightenment.
Where there is debate, there are solutions.
— ATIFETE JAHJAGA
:: HORSES IN FILM
Horses in Film: Abused for Entertainment?
by Kelly Chase
Horses in Film: Equine Mechanics — The Digital Horse
by Sian Lawson
:: HORSE RACING
Reports by Jane Allin
Breeding by the Numbers
by Jane Allin. PDF, 9 pp »
Breeding for Trouble
by Jane Allin. PDF, 12 pp »
Racing Babies: Are 2 Year Olds Too Young?
by Jane Allin. PDF, 30 pp »
Milk of Death: The Dark Side of the Nurse Mare Industry
by Jane Allin. PDF, 4 pp »
The Chemical Horse, 2nd Ed. (with updated links as of 1/30/2020) »
by Jane Allin. See also 1st Ed. PDF, 46 pp »
Forgotten Side of the Salix Debate: The Calcium Connection
by Jane Allin. PDF, 9 pp »
Horse Racing in America: A Spectacle of Cheaters, Liars and Dopers
by Jane Allin. PDF, 16 pp »
Racing: Shades of Grey and Triangle of Deceit
by Jane Allin. PDF, 9 pp »
I’ll Have Another . . . Shockwave Therapy Please
by Jane Allin. PDF, 6 pp »
Ground Matters: God’s Dirt Versus Man-Made Synthetic
by Jane Allin. PDF, 37 pp »
Blood Money: Salix and Beyond — Part 1, the Blood »
Blood Money: Salix and Beyond — Part 2, the Money »
by Jane Allin, Tuesday’s Horse.
Racing Through the Slaughter Pipeline
by Jane Allin. PDF, 27 pp »
See also . . .
“Where Would All the Horses Go?”
by John Hettinger. PDF, 4 pp »
Racehorse Fatality Reports
— Australia
• HORSE RACING KILLS. Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses collects data from the stewards reports from every state and territory in Australia, compiling a detailed report of the horses who have died in racing and the reasons why — something that is not made available to the public each year by the industry itself — Since 2016. See https://horseracingkills.com/issues/deathwatch/ »
— Great Britain
• RACEHORSE DEATH WATCH. Animal Aid’s Race Horse Death Watch was launched during the 2007 Cheltenham Festival. Its purpose is to expose and record every on-course Thoroughbred fatality in Britain. See https://www.horsedeathwatch.com/ »
— United States
• HORSE RACING WRONGS. Consistent reporting of racehorse deaths at US tracks — Since 2013. See https://horseracingwrongs.org/ »
• RACEHORSE MEMORIAL WALL. Remembering the valiant horses who have perished in service to the Sport of Kings at US tracks — Since 2005. See http://racehorsememorialwall.blogspot.com/ »
:: HORSE SLAUGHTER
Horse Slaughter Export Numbers
2020
| Slaughter Horses Exported to Canada | 6919 |
| Slaughter Horses Exported to Mexico | 28653 |
| TOTAL | 35572 |
2019
| Slaughter Horses Exported to Canada | 10486 |
| Slaughter Horses Exported to Mexico | 53947 |
| TOTAL | 64433 |
2018
| Slaughter Horses Exported to Canada | 10568 |
| Slaughter Horses Exported to Mexico | 70708 |
| TOTAL | 81294 |
• See more horse slaughter export numbers dating back to 1989 »
— Related Article
• AVMA — Horse Slaughter Exports to Mexico Decrease (2019 stats; report dated Feb. 26, 2020) »
March Against Horse Slaughter 2020 | by Jane Allin
• Horse slaughter and horse meat production worldwide — Introduction
• Horse slaughter and horse meat production — A global perspective
• Top 10 countries ranked by horses slaughtered and horse meat production — 2018
• Top 10 importers and exporters of horse meat worldwide
• Canada’s Horse Slaughter Plants and U.S. Ports of Entry
Toxins in Horse Meat
• Drugs Banned in Slaughter Horses, PDF, 3 pp (Remains Current 2/20/20) »
• Eating Horses — The Disquieting Truth About Toxic Horse Meat
by Jane Allin. PDF, 16 pp »
• EU Bans Horse Meat from Mexico, January 2015 »
• Toxicology Study: Bute And Slaughter Horses by Drs. Nicholas Dodman, Nicolas Blondeau and Ann M. Marini; February 2010. PDF, 5 pp »
Description: Decades of USDA studies asserting US and Canadian horse meat as chemically harmless have been branded as bogus by this new peer reviewed scientific study.
Horse Slaughter Legislative Timeline
Detailed history of State and Federal attempts to ban the slaughter of U.S. horses for human consumption. Linked by year. It all began in California in 1998 . . .
| YEARS | SESSION OF CONGRESS |
|---|---|
| 1998 — 2002 | Includes 107th U.S. Congress |
| 2003 — 2004 | Includes 108th U.S. Congress |
| 2005 — 2006 | Includes 109th U.S. Congress |
| 2007 — 2008 | Includes 110th U.S. Congress |
| 2009 — 2010 | Includes 111th U.S. Congress |
| 2011 — 2012 | Includes 112th U.S. Congress |
| 2013 — 2014 | Includes 113th U.S. Congress |
| 2015 — 2016 | Includes 114th U.S. Congress |
| 2017 — 2018 | Includes 115th U.S. Congress |
| 2019 — 2020 | Includes 116th U.S. Congress |
| 2021 — 2022 | Includes 117th U.S. Congress |
When Horse Slaughter Comes to Town, 3rd Edition (March 2012)
JANE ALLIN, Research Analyst and Author | VIVIAN GRANT, Contributing Editor
PLEASE NOTE: This is a highly valuable document with a wealth of information. It was relied on by lawmakers, elected officials, business people, community leaders, horse advocates and the public at large. It was instrumental in ending horse slaughter for human consumption on U.S. soil. If you are new to this issue, it is a must read, especially for the serious activist. Read it now »
:: HORSE TRIPPING
U.S. States Where Horse Tripping Has Been Made Illegal (with citations)
by Vivian Grant | View it here »
:: PREMARIN® HORSES
Alternatives to Drugs Made with Pregnant Mare’s Urine
Including Premarin®, Prempro®, Premphase® and Duavee®
• Read it here on our website »
Premarin® Timeline
by JANE ALLIN and VIVIAN GRANT
1686-1998 | 2001-2009 | 2010| 2011| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
Premarin® Articles by Jane Allin | Tuesday’s Horse
2019
• “Premarin Horses and China“, Tuesday’s Horse, Jun 21, 2019
2018
• “Premarin, doctors and conjugated equine estrogens“, Tuesday’s Horse, Oct 8, 2018
2017
• “New study damns results of WHI report on Premarin family of drugs“, Tuesday’s Horse, October 10, 2017
• “AMAG snaps up rights to new med Intrarosa to compete with Pfizer’s Premarin® vaginal cream“, Tuesday’s Horse, Feb 16, 2017
• “Angelina Jolie and her choice of bio-identical hormone therapy“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 31, 2015.
• Distinguishing between bio-identical hormones and ones made with pregnant mare’s urine, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 19, 2017
2016
• “Turn your back on Premarin type drugs and seek alternatives for symptoms of menopause“, Tuesday’s Horse, Oct 28, 2016
• “Breast cancer, menopause and yes, rhubarb“, Tuesday’s Horse, Oct 14, 2016
2015
• “FDA-Approved Alternatives to Premarin Derivatives – are they safer?“, Tuesday’s Horse, Nov 10, 2015
• “Pfizer continues to promote conjugated equine estrogen drugs based on flawed, antiquated science“, Tuesday’s Horse, Feb 2, 2015
2014
• “The Quest for a Generic Premarin®—A Bitter Pill to Swallow“, Tuesday’s Horse, Nov 14, 2014
• “Pfizer fights for more protection for their new combo drug Duavee – But why?, Tuesday’s Horse, Nov 10, 2014
• “Pushing Premarin: Big Pharma, Big Bucks“, Part 1, Tuesday’s Horse, Jul 23, 2014
• “Pushing Premarin: Big Pharma, Big Bucks“, Part 2, Tuesday’s Horse, Jul 24, 2014
• “Pushing Premarin: Big Pharma, Big Bucks“, Part 3, Tuesday’s Horse, Jul 25, 2014
• “Daughters of Premarin®: The Generics“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 27, 2014
• “Premarin Horses: How many does it take to make a billion dollars?, Part 1“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 18, 2014
• “Premarin Horses: How many does it take to make a billion dollars?, Part 2“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 19, 2014
• “Premarin Horses: How many does it take to make a billion dollars? Part 3“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 22, 2014
2013
• “Tell doctors not to prescribe Premarin’s new sister drug Duavee“, Tuesday’s Horse, Nov 20, 2013
• “Big Pharma wins again: FDA approves Aprela under new name” Tuesday’s Horse, Nov 8, 2013
• “Aprela® — the making of a new pregnant mare’s urine drug“, Tuesday’s Horse, Sep 26, 2013
• “FDA rejects possible Premarin replacement drugs“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 29, 2013
2012
• “Pfizer pharms and Premarin generics: who’s tapping whose PMUs?“, Tuesday’s Horse, Jun 7, 2012
• “Pfizer consigns PMU horses to killing fields of Asia“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 31, 2012
• “Alternatives to the Premarin family of drugs in the treatment of menopausal symptoms“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 28, 2012
• “Int’l Fund for Horses calls on Pfizer to find alternative to Premarin like drugs“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 15, 2012
• “Premarin and Prempro: The consequences of deception – A litany of litigation“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 10, 2012
• “Trace the history of Premarin with this revealing timeline“, Tuesday’s Horse, Mar 5, 2012
2011
• “Calling the Kettle Black: Pfizer the Horrible“, Tuesday’s Horse, Jun 29, 2011
2010
• “Premarin Mares and Foals: Aprela, the Lesser Evil?“, Tuesday’s Horse, Apr 20, 2010
• “Wyeth wins, horses lose, in the Premarin® drug sales sweepstakes“, Tuesday’s Horse, Apr 7, 2010
:: VEGAN INFORMATION
“Could Veganism End World Hunger?“, by Michael Chatham, Sep 1, 2014
See also “Advocate From Your Plate®” and “Horses Are Not “Its” by Fund for Horses Founding President, Vivian Grant
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