Premises of Dorian Ayache, Lebanon, TN 4/15/13
Investigators returned to the premises of kill buyer Dorian Ayache in Lebanon. Ayache made the news last year for causing two mayor accidents while hauling full loads of slaughter horses to...
View ArticleBackyard Breeder, Haymarket, VA 4/26/13
Investigation ongoing. Report will be released soon.
View ArticleJoe Simon Ranch & Perkins Livestock Auction, Perkins, OK 6/30/13
Joe Simon is a large scale kill buyer who has been in the horse slaughter business for a very long time. After the closing of the Texas horse slaughter plants, Simon started shipping horses to Mexico...
View ArticleMid America Stockyards, Bristow, OK 7/1/13
Mid America Stockyards, owned by the Varner family, has been in business for over 40 years. It is one of Oklahoma’s larger auctions and holds a weekly cattle sale every Saturday as well as a bi-weekly...
View ArticleBaker Stables, Stroud, OK 7/2/13-7/4/13
George Baker is a large scale kill buyer who ships hundreds of horses to Presidio, TX every month to supply the Juarez plant in Mexico. Public documents indicate that a lot of his horses are rejected...
View ArticleCecil White Collecting Station, Welsh, OK 7/3/13
Cecil White is a kill buyer who started shipping horses to Presidio, TX some time ago and now ships several loads a month to the Camargo Plant in Mexico for slaughter. The plant pays White .44 cents a...
View ArticleWild Horse & Burro Holding Facility, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma 7 5 13
Animals’ Angels investigators stopped at the BLM short term holding facility in Pauls Valley to check on the conditions of the horses located at this facility. According to the BLM’s website, Pauls...
View ArticleStephenville Horse Auction, TX 7/5/13
Investigators returned to the monthly horse sale in the small town of Stephenville, TX. When they arrived at the auction at 5:40pm, temperatures had reached 96 degrees Fahrenheit and the pen area was...
View ArticlePremises of Trent Ward, Kaufman, TX 7/6/13
Trent Ward, d/b/a/ T & M Horse Company, is a kill buyer who has been in the horse slaughter business for decades and he has violated the Commercial Transport of Equines to Slaughter Regulations...
View ArticleSulphur Livestock Auction, OK 7/8/13
Animals’ Angels investigators arrived at the small horse sale at 5:00pm. The sale, which is managed by kill buyers John Carlson & Bill Richardson, is held every other Monday at 6:00pm on the...
View ArticleCollecting Station of Dale Haley, Rushville, IN 7/12/13
Dale Haley is a long term kill buyer, who has been shipping horses to slaughter for decades. He operates his collecting station on the premises of the Rushville Auction, where he also holds a small...
View ArticleCharlie Harris Collecting Station, Columbus, IN 7/13/13
Investigators returned to the horse collecting station of slaughter-buyer Charlie Harris. Animals’ Angels first visited Charlie Harris’ property in 2011 after he gained notoriety by attempting to...
View ArticlePremises of Jeff W Hayes, Dupont, IN 7 14 13
Jeff Hayes, d/b/a Rockin 2H Farm LLC, is a horse dealer and kill buyer located in Southeastern Indiana. He is known to list horses on Craigslist in KY, IN, and OH. Horses that do not sell are...
View ArticlePremises of Larry Browning, Butler, KY 7/14/13
Animals’ Angels returned to the premises of horse trader Larry Browning to check if there was any noticeable improvement. The property still appeared very run down, part of the holding pen was...
View ArticlePremises of Doug Waugh, Mayslick, KY 7/15/13
Doug Waugh is a horse trader, and is also the Zone 6 Director with the North American Saddle Mule Association (http://www.nasma.us/bios/dougwaugh.htm). Per his bio on NASMA, Waugh calls his farm...
View ArticleRamey Farms, Hillsboro, KY 7/16/13
Animals’ Angels investigators visited the collecting station of kill buyer Jodi Ramey. The extensive property features lush, wide open pastures and a massive barn with backside loading ramp. A large,...
View ArticleTom Vilsack & Sally Jewell Event, Fort Collins, CO 7/19/13
On Friday, July 19, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell & Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as well as Senator Mark Udall hosted an event at Horsetooth Reservoir to announce the “Western Watershed...
View ArticleKalona Horse Auction, IA 8/5/13
Investigators arrived at 08:45. The tack sale was already ongoing. There were not many horses in the pens at this time, however, there was a long line of pickup trucks with trailers waiting to...
View ArticleResponsible Transportation Slaughter Plant, Sigourney, IA 8/5/13
The Responsible Transportation slaughter plant was scheduled to begin the slaughtering of horses on August 5th, but due to a law suit filed by several animal welfare groups, a 30-day injunction was...
View ArticleBaker Feedlot in Stroud, OK and Trailing to Presidio 8/8/2013
Animals’ Angels visited the feedlot of known kill-buyer, George Baker, on 8/8/2013. Investigators arrived at 09:00, and found approximately 200 horses on the property. The majority of the horses were...
View ArticleAbilene Livestock Auction, TX 8/10/13
Animals’ Angels attended the quarterly horse sale at the Abilene Livestock Auction facility on August 10, 2013. The facility consists of a modern sale barn, and an extensive pen area, some under roof...
View ArticleSouthwest Livestock Auction, Los Lunas, NM 8/13/13-8/16/13
Investigators returned to the Southwest Livestock Auction to check if the situation for the horses on the premises had improved since Animals’ Angels exposure of his operation in March 2012. The...
View ArticleBeltex Slaughter Horse Feedlot, Morton, TX 8/16/13
Investigation ongoing, report will be released soon
View ArticleSlaughter Horse Export Pens, Presidio, TX Part 1
I Animals’ Angels investigators visited the export pens in Presidio again to check how the situation for the horses has developed. They noted that the construction of the new pens had been finished...
View ArticleMexico 8/17/13-8/25/13
Animals’ Angels investigators returned to Mexico to check the conditions and the treatment of slaughter horses exported from the US. We started our investigation in Ojinaga, the Mexican town right at...
View ArticleSlaughter Horse Export Pens, Eagle Pass, TX 8/21/13-8/24/13
Animals’ Angels investigators visited the different slaughter horse pens in Eagle Pass, TX to find out if the situation had improved since their last visit in September of 2012. Upon arrival at the...
View ArticlePolice Training, Eagle Pass, TX 8/23/13
Groundbreaking Horse Welfare Training Provided to Texas Law Enforcement Flashback to September 21, 2012. It's 92 degrees on a Friday afternoon, and four slaughter transport trucks are packed full...
View ArticleUruguay Horse Slaughter Investigation September 2013
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleMeeting with New Holland Police, PA 9/23/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleBar S Feedlot Shelby, MT 10/15/13-10/17/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleWhitford Collecting Station Cut Bank, MT 10/17/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleBouvry Slaughter Plant & Feedlots Fort Macleod, AB 10/18/13-10/21/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleInnisfail Horse Auction, AB 10/19/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleTrailing of Horse Trader Mike Swain Innisfail, AB
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleScott Irvine Collecting Station Crossfield, AB 10/21/13-10/22/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleFlewelling Slaughter Horse Feedlot Lacombe, AB 10/21/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleCanadian Premium Meats Horse Slaughter Plant Lacombe, AB 10/22/13-10/23/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleBillings Horse Sale, MT 10/25/13-10/27/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleTrailing of Fabrizius Livestock from Billings, MT to Los Lunas, NM...
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleFabrizius Collecting Station Eaton, CO 10/28/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleDennis Chavez Slaughter Horse Collecting Station Los Lunas, NM 10/29/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticleSanta Teresa Export Pens, NM 10/29/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
View ArticlePresidio Export Pens, TX 10/30/13-11/2/13
Ongoing investigation, report will be released soon
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