Publications and Press Releases 1980-2002
October 8, 2002 Fort Worth Star Telegram Zoo group opposes closing horse plants
October 11, 2002 Tim Curry's Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Injunction
October 15, 2002 Plaintiffs' Reply to Defendant Tim Curry's Opposition to Temporary Injunction
October 4, 2002 Plaintiff's Motion for Temporary Injunction Beltex/Dallas Crown vs. Tim Curry et al
October, 2002 USDA Transport Requirements for Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter
September 27, 2002 Dallas Morning News Fort Worth Lawsuit seeks end to horse slaughter inquiry
September 26, 2002 Fort Worth Star Telegram Equine slaughter Legislative debate grows on processing horse meat in U.S.
September 26, 2002 Fort Worth Star Telegram Beltex asks court to strike down Texas horse meat law
September 26, 2002 Tarrant County DA press release: Horse Slaughter Companies Sue to Stop D.A.’s From Enforcing Texas Horse Meat Ban
September 26, 2002 Text of Lawsuit: (MS Word format) Beltex et al v. Tim Curry et al PDF format
September 19, 2002 Fort Worth Star Telegram Kaufman DA targets horse meat plant for closing
September, 2002 USDA Form VS 10-13 Owner/Shipper Certificate Fitness to Travel to a Slaughter Facility
August, 2002 conversation between Chris Heyde, Society for Animal Protective Legislation and Dr. Tom Lenz, President-elect, American Association of Equine Practitioners re Dr. Lenz's misperception of what will be done with the bodies of horses if slaughter were stopped. (Dallas News 8/24/02)
August 24, 2002 Dallas Morning News Horse plants opposed Group asks officials to check legality of slaughterhouses in Kaufman, Fort Worth
April 12, 2002 MeatNews.com Horse slaughtering plant destroyed Dekalb, Illinois
April, 2002 Northern Star Investigators: Arson possible in Cavel fire
April, 2002 The Horse Magazine Throwaway Horses (Banning Slaughter) by Jerry Finch
Winter, 2002 Necessary Evil or Blind Eye? Putting an End to the Cruel Practice of Horse Slaughter Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly, Winter 2002 Volume 51 Number 1 By Christopher J. Heyde
January 31, 2002 Cavel Deed in Trust from DeKalb County Marketing Services, Inc. to The American National Bank of DeKalb County
January 2002 USDA regulations Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter
November, 2001 Horsemen's Council of Illinois position on slaughter
December 10, 2001 DeKalb, Illinois Special Use Permit for Cavel's animal slaughtering plant
October, 2001 Federal Equine Infectious Anemia Regulations Part 75--Communicable diseases in horses, asses, ponies, mules, and zebras - Equine infectious anemia (swamp fever)
August, 2001 Import Health Requirements of Mexico for horses (non slaughter) exported from the United States
July 30, 2001 Christian Science Monitor New help for the old problem of horse theft
April 30, 2001 CBS News report "Steaks from Stallions"
March 1, 2001 2000 Report on the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) Panel on Euthanasia
March, 2000 USDA Module 15 Equine Inspection (305)
December 26, 2001 Washington Post Horse Adoption Program Challenged Land Management Agency Data Show Animals Sold, Slaughtered
2001 Animal Sciences Research Report by the The Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University titled "Characterizations of Horses at Auctions and in Slaughter Plants" HTML format PDF format
September, 2000 Western Horseman Just the Facts Let's take a realistic look at the horse slaughter situation.
2002 USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service U.S. residue limits for veterinary drugs and unavoidable contaminants in meat, poultry, and egg products
December 20, 1998 The Telegraph, London French struck by mad horse disease
October 1, 1998 Dallas Observer A horse is a course
June 25, 1998 ABC News California voters will decide a matter of considerable taste and delicacy in November: Should people eat horses?
1998 Survey of Trucking Practices and Injury to Slaughter Horses, Dr. Temple Grandin, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
December, 1997 Import Health Requirements of Mexico for slaughter horses exported from the United States
February, 1997 USDA promotes horse and goat meat
January 5, 1997 Los Angeles Times Trail’s End for Horses: Slaughter
April 4, 1991 OSHA violations at Dallas Crown Occupational Safety & Health Administration
March 24, 1980 DeKalb, Illinois ordinance authorizing financing for Cavel
732 Pope Gregory II forbids consumption of horseflesh by his Christian converts