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Featured WASHINGTON—In a defense of free speech by both liberal and conservative justices, the Supreme Court struck down a federal law banning depictions of animal cruelty, dismissing claims that gruesome animal films had no constitutional protection. By an 8-1 vote, the court refused to add animal-cruelty images to the narrow spectrum of speech considered so vile or harmful that it stands outside the First Amendment’s shelter, such as child pornography. Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected the government’s arguments that Congress could proscribe new categories of speech when it found their “societal costs” exceeded their
RICHMOND, VA. — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says owners should start vaccinating horses against two deadly mosquito-borne diseases. The agency said Monday it recommends owners get their horses vaccinated for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile virus at least once a year. But since some vaccines last only six months, owners should check with their veterinarians. While West Nile cases decreased in 2009, the state says Eastern Equine Encephalitis cases increased last year. Read more at the Washington Examiner:
Equine diners might find it hard to stomach the latest changes proposed to make it harder to buy and sell horse meat, but Mr. Ed is somewhere naying in approval. Additional restrictions on horse meat consumption have cleared the Florida House as part of an animal protection bill. The measure won unanimous approval Wednesday and will probably get similar support in the Senate. Read More…
When the Supreme Court struck down, on free-speech grounds, a law making it a federal crime to sell videos depicting animal cruelty, Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley) had more than a passing interest. He wrote the law. On Wednesday, Gallegly responded swiftly to the ruling, introducing a “narrowly tailored” bill aimed at passing constitutional muster. The measure would target so-called animal crush videos, such as those showing women in high heels stomping on puppies and kittens. The legislation comes a day after the court, in an 8-1 decision, overturned the conviction of a Virginia man prosecuted under
In Japan and several European countries, horsemeat is a delicacy. Equine entrees include horse tartare in Belgium, horse sashimi in Japan, and pastissada, a traditional horsemeat stew, in Italy. In the U.S., eating horses is no-no. But that doesn’t mean America won’t once again provide horse meat to other countries. Last year Montana passed a bill that cleared the way for horse slaughterhouses to be built in the state, and bills that would allow such facilities are currently advancing in Missouri and Tennessee. On April 8, a subcommittee in the Tennessee House approved a horse slaughter bill
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking a federal court to stop Franck’s Compounding Lab Inc. from manufacturing and selling compounded drugs used to treat animals. The Ocala, Fla., pharmacy produced a vitamin and mineral compound blamed for the deaths of 21 polo horses last year. Continue reading…
That horses endure significant stress while waiting to be slaughtered has often been assumed. But a new study measuring stress hormone levels now confirms that theory, according to Italian researchers. In the 45 minutes between removal from the holding area and stunning by captive bolt, horses’ norepinephrine levels rose tenfold and epinephrine levels increased to 30 times the base rate. Continue reading…
TALLAHASSEE — Without a single legislator voting “nay,” a bill toughening laws against those who butcher horses or sell or purchase their meat is galloping to the desk of Gov. Charlie Crist. The bill, which cleared the Senate chambers Thursday, had been a legislative priority for the South Florida delegation, where at least 22 pet horses were found slaughtered last year. They are presumably sold for their meat, sometimes even marketed to buyers as beef. Read More…
PROVIDENCE –– Horse owners and breeders in Rhode Island are being advised of an outbreak of a contagious equine virus in New Jersey and neighboring Massachusetts. Though the virus does not pose a risk to humans, the virus can survive up to several weeks in cold, damp weather and cause respiratory illness, spontaneous abortion, neurological disease and death in horses. Read More…