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North American Horse Experts to Present at Equine Advocates 2014
American Equine Summit
CHATHAM, N.Y., April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2014
American Equine Summit, which will feature presentations from some of
the most prominent equine experts in North America, will be held on
Saturday, April 26th and Sunday, April 27th at Equine Advocates Rescue
& Sanctuary in Chatham, NY. Vice President Joe Biden, who was
responsible for adding language defunding horse slaughter to the 2014
Omnibus Bill and signed by President Obama on January 17th, will
address the Summit with a special message on video.
The Summit will focus on how the slaughter of American-bred equines
can affect human health and food safety here and abroad and the
unavoidable liability concerns with respect to those issues.
Veteran television news journalist, best-selling author and animal
advocate Jane Velez-Mitchell will deliver the Keynote Address. Susan
Wagner, host of the invitation-only Summit and President & Founder of
Equine Advocates, will open the program.
Presentations on Saturday will cover how legal and logical arguments
will ultimately prevail in ending the slaughter of America's horses,
how the recent horse meat scandal in Europe compromised food safety,
the need for federal legislation to ban the use of
performance-enhancing drugs in horse racing and how animal journalism
is covered.
Sunday will be devoted to the complexities involved over the U.S. wild
horse and burro populations, opening with a clip from "Running Wild:
The Life of Dayton O. Hyde", the feature documentary of the rancher,
author and conservationist. Other speakers will present on how to
humanely manage the U.S. wild horse population, investigations and new
information into the BLM's mismanagement of wild horses and burros,
responsible horse guardianship, and why the cruel and inhumane
Pregnant Mares' Urine (PMU) Industry is making a comeback.
Said Susan Wagner, "It was thanks to the gathering of experts at the
first American Equine Summit in 2012 and the vision of Victoria
McCullough, who used much of their research to create a convincing
case, which ultimately led to horse slaughter being defunded in the
U.S. Our efforts are now focused on a permanent ban and ensuring that
no equine from the U.S. can be shipped across our borders into Canada
or Mexico for the purpose of slaughter. This could soon be achieved,
and we're hoping to have important news announced at the Summit in
support of this goal."
Visit EquineAdvocates.org for the full 2014 American Equine Summit
Schedule.
Founded in 1996, Equine Advocates is a nonprofit equine protection
organization based in Chatham, NY. Its mission is to rescue, protect
and prevent the abuse of equines through education, investigation,
rescue operations, the dissemination of information to the public, and
the operation of a horse sanctuary for slaughter-bound, abused and
neglected equines. For more information on the American Equine Summit
contact info@equineadvocates.org or call 518-245-1599.
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