Slaughterhouses are terrifying for horses. Horses have an instinctual “fight or flight” mindset, and when forced into a kill box, they try their best to escape, making the typical “captive bolt” ...

This post was updated April 22 at 9:23 p.m. It’s easy to lose sight of untouched nature in a city like Los Angeles. Helicopters and airplanes often look like birds, freedom from traffic often seems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump’s effort to eliminate longstanding protections preventing the slaughter of America’s wild horses hit a snag ...

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Equine Advocates has become a sanctuary for horses in distress. Founded in 1996 by Susan Wagner, this nonprofit organization ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Treasure Coast detectives remain tight-lipped when it comes to releasing news about several horse thefts in St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties. All detectives in both ...

ALBUQUERQUE - An Internet video that shows a meat company employee swearing at animal activists before shooting a horse in the head highlights the increasing emotional intensity of the national debate ...

TULSA, Okla. -- Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses ...

It might not have been the most appealing work: butchering hundreds of horses each day to fill dinner plates in Europe. But Rockville, Mo., population 166, needed jobs. So residents had embraced ...

Each year, thousands of American horses and burros are removed from the wild, disappearing from the landscapes they have roamed for generations. Though mustangs remain an iconic symbol of the American ...