AAEP calls for more USDA funding to protect horses

A few days after a bipartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office study determined current policies on equine slaughter have not reduced the number of domestic horses being slaughtered, some leading industry groups have weighed in on the report.

On Monday, American Association of Equine Practitioners President William Moyer, D.V.M., called for more federal funding of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to enforce regulations of horses being shipped to slaughter facilities. Read More…

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