By Carlos E. Medina
Correspondent
Rob Kolb (click here) was a little nervous as he leaned in to kiss Hercules on the lips Saturday afternoon. After all, it was his first time.
Published: Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 5:17 p.m.
Rob Kolb (click here) was a little nervous as he leaned in to kiss Hercules on the lips Saturday afternoon. After all, it was his first time.
Hercules, a gray
miniature horse with a little, white poodle riding him, waited until
Kolb was just near his muzzle to flare his lips out and make the kiss
even more interesting.
"It was a little scary. He kind of opened his mouth a little bit," Kolb said.
Kolb
was the winner of the fifth annual Kiss the Horse for Literacy
campaign, which raises money for the Marion County Literacy Council. The
council teaches adults to read and helps them earn their GED diplomas....
Some people will do anything for money refusing to see the immorality of it all.
Some people will do anything for money refusing to see the immorality of it all.
Horse slaughter halted by federal appeals court (click here)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court temporary halted plans to resume domestic horse slaughter.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in Denver recently issued a temporary injunction barring the
Department of Agriculture from inspecting the plants.
Slaughterhouses in New Mexico and Missouri had hoped to start up after a federal judge in Albuquerque threw out a lawsuit by the Humane Society of the United States and other animal protection groups on Nov 1.
The lawsuit alleged the Agriculture Department had failed to conduct proper environmental studies when it issued permits to Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, N.M., and an Iowa company to slaughter horses for human consumption....
Yep. Some people will do anything for money refusing to see the immorality of it all.
Posted: 1:32 pm, November 15, 2013
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From: McClatchy DC By: Ali Watkins
WASHINGTON — A bill that would safeguard show horses (click here) from painful practices designed to heighten their crowd-pleasing high gaits sparked a lively debate Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
A House Energy and Commerce Committee panel heard testimony on proposed amendments to the 1970 Horse Protection Act from Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., that would place substantial penalties on any show horse owner caught using a practice known as “soring.” His measure also would add independent overseers to the largely self-policed industry.
Although the Horse Protection Act outlawed soring, Whitfield and more than 220 co-sponsors of his legislation claim that it’s still widely practiced throughout the walking horse industry.
No, it is not Helen of Troy.
The original (click here) concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. I took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse’s role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses.” says Scott.
Well, I'll be darn the horses in New Mexico have a friend. It looks as though the market for horse meat is shrinking after all.
Slaughterhouses in New Mexico and Missouri had hoped to start up after a federal judge in Albuquerque threw out a lawsuit by the Humane Society of the United States and other animal protection groups on Nov 1.
The lawsuit alleged the Agriculture Department had failed to conduct proper environmental studies when it issued permits to Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, N.M., and an Iowa company to slaughter horses for human consumption....
Yep. Some people will do anything for money refusing to see the immorality of it all.
Posted: 1:32 pm, November 15, 2013
by
From: McClatchy DC By: Ali Watkins
WASHINGTON — A bill that would safeguard show horses (click here) from painful practices designed to heighten their crowd-pleasing high gaits sparked a lively debate Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
A House Energy and Commerce Committee panel heard testimony on proposed amendments to the 1970 Horse Protection Act from Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., that would place substantial penalties on any show horse owner caught using a practice known as “soring.” His measure also would add independent overseers to the largely self-policed industry.
Although the Horse Protection Act outlawed soring, Whitfield and more than 220 co-sponsors of his legislation claim that it’s still widely practiced throughout the walking horse industry.
The original (click here) concept of mythical water horses was a valid starting point for the artistic development of the structures. I took that concept and moved with it towards a more equine and contemporary response, shifting from any mythological references towards a socio-historical monument intended to celebrate the horse’s role in industry and agriculture as well as the obvious association with the canals as tow horses.” says Scott.
Well, I'll be darn the horses in New Mexico have a friend. It looks as though the market for horse meat is shrinking after all.
