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 ...

(AP) Animal welfare groups suing to stop a return to domestic horse slaughter on Friday posted a nearly $500,000 bond to keep a temporary ban in effect. But the groups are fighting the court order ...

HELENA - Montana's governor has vetoed part of a contentious horse slaughter bill, sending it back to lawmakers after striking the key legal protections it allowed for slaughterhouses. Citing the ...

Despite the implementation of buyer screening protocols and a restrictive per-horse price for potential kill buyers, three retired Thoroughbreds still ended up where no horse deserves to be.

The dead horse with missing legs and a slit throat on the side of the road in Miami-Dade phenomenon has every pony, stud and stallion, ducking for cover. Apparently there’s enough of a market in ...

Equine groups like Pennsylvania’s Omega Horse Rescue are working daily to solve equine welfare issues on the ground. They provide lifesaving resources to help keep horses in their homes or support ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A New Mexico company's hard-fought attempts to convert its cattle plant to a horse slaughterhouse was dealt a series of new blows Monday, with the state denying its wastewater ...

From 2006 to 2010, horse exports for slaughter increased by 660 percent to Mexico and by 148 percent to Canada. Those horses traveled long distances in cramped conditions. Reports of neglect and ...