January 31, 2020

On Wednesday, January 29th, (click here) the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing. The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE), which would ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of American horses for slaughter in other countries, was on the agenda. The SAFE Act was introduced in 2019 by representatives Jan Schakowsky and Vern Buchanan, and it has 225 House cosponsors.

When horses are shipped for slaughter, they spend 24 hours at a time without food, water, or rest in crowded trucks. Then they’re forced to suffer through repeated blows and are sometimes left conscious during dismemberment, according to the Humane Society of the United States....

January 31, 2020
By Gavin Thomas

Just off Highway 101 in San Benito County, (click here) behind the large gate with the Freedom Reigns name, is where you will find a lottery winner.
Well, more like 500 of them. And the woman who gave them their prize.
"I have 493 right now," Alicia Goetz said. "Another 10 are coming."...