Thoroughbred slaughter

Caroline Howe, a lifetime equine enthusiast who competes in the hunter/jumper discipline, is the founder and executive director of the North Carolina-based Horse Welfare Collective. She created the non-profit organization--which she operates by herself--in 2021 to bring transparency to the American horse slaughter industry. Recent events--such as last week's news out of Florida involving the alleged slaughter of a Thoroughbred that was captured on a hidden camera--put TDN in touch with the Horse Welfare Collective. In a half-hour phone interview with TDN on July 29, Howe detailed what she is...

   Chris Heyde is the founder of Blue Marble Strategy, LLC, a government affairs firm in Washington, D.C., which is the country's leading animal protection lobbyist. Heyde has been working towards passing a ban on horse slaughter in the United States for almost 20 years, serving as head of government and legal affairs for 17 years for the Animal Welfare Institute, the nation's oldest federal animal protection legislation program. Before entering the animal protection field, Chris was vice president of a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm that represented clients from health...