Trade Magazine or Scholarly Articles

Davis, S. (2004, March). AAEP to release welfare guidelines for rescue groups. DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine.Vol. 35 Issue 3, 1E.

This article was written before the anti-slaughter bill was passed. It brings up what the animal activists plan to do if the ban passed. The American Horse Council had set up a plan so if something like this happened; they wouldn’t have an influx of unwanted horses. It brings up the worries of the rescue groups, like how some unrecognized rescue groups will not know a lot about horses and horse care. The rescue groups need to reason with their emotions and are focusing on guides that will come out in the summer of 2004, including the care of older horses and horses with other problems.

DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine. (2007, October). Horse-Slaughter ban upheld in appeals court. DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine. Vol. 38 Issue 10, 16.

This article discusses the closing of the last horse-slaughter plant, in DeKalb, Illinois. The plant tried to appeal it, but the courts ruled against it. It goes in more detail about Caval International, the horse-slaughtering plants, and how it fought to stay open. This article brings up good points and has a good quote in it.

DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine. (2007, August). Last U.S. horse-slaughter plant closes. DVM: The Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine.Vol. 38 Issue 8, 8E.

This article goes more in-depth about the closing of the last horse-slaughter plant closing and the fight of the plant to stay open. It brings up the plant’s history and numbers of the horses that were usually slaughtered in a week. It doesn’t just discuss the fight of the plant, but gives more background and information about it, along with the other two United States plants that closed before.