ASPCA

Owing to a grant from the ASCPA, the Retired Racehorse Project will continue to produce the Makeover Marketplace as a means to promote transitioned Thoroughbreds as premier sport horse prospects online. The ASPCA Makeover Marketplace catalog will once again be offered in print as well as digitally. Sign-ups are now open to receive the catalog, which will be printed in the Fall 2020 issue of Off-Track Thoroughbred Magazine. "The ASPCA Makeover Marketplace has become one of the country's premier horse shopping and adoption opportunities for equestrians looking for well-started sport...

Federal legislation that would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of American horses for slaughter abroad was on Wednesday's agenda at the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce's hearing of "Improving Safety and Transparency in America's Food and Drugs." The legislation, which was introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) in 2019, is included in the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (H.R. 961). "I am grateful to Chairwoman Eshoo for including the SAFE Act in...