December 1, 2011
PETA Breaks Ranks with Activists on Horse Slaughter Issue
Congress recently cleared the way for the resumption of horse slaughter in the United States after a report by the General Accounting Office revealed that their earlier actions actually harmed the welfare of horses. (See prior FHL news item on this subject.) While most animal rights activists have expressed opposition to Congress’s turn-about, PETA, strangely, did not. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk now finds herself agreeing with many horseman by stating publicly that Congress never should have ended horse slaughter to begin with. She acknowledges that the amount of suffering caused by the ban exceeded the amount of suffering it was supposed to stop. Strange bedfellows, indeed. Read more in the Christian Science Monitor. Posted December 1, 2011
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The Mardale Hunt: Chapter 2
Picking out the straysHere’s Chapter 2 of The Mardale Hunt by Ron Black. Through the courtesy of the author, Foxhunting Life is bringing you the entire book in installments every two weeks. You are free to download the book to your computer. We hope you enjoyed the first installment. “As long as there are sheep on the fells, there’ll be a Mardale Meet. I’m good for a few more yet….” (Isaac Cookson on the occasion of his sixty-first attendance in 1952) (To access downloads of previous installments, click here.) Posted December 1, 2011... This content is for subscribers only.Join NowAlready a member? Log in here
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