On January 23, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that while states may be able to enact laws banning the slaughter of horses, states cannot impose their own laws governing how animals are handled and processed at federally-regulated slaughterhouses.   A link to the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion can be found here.

This opinion was

We’ve all heard accounts that horse thieves have, in the past, been sentenced to death by courts in Texas or legally hanged by vigilantes.  The demise of Jake and his compatriots in the movie Lonesome Dove is a depiction of one such vigilante hanging in Texas.  All kidding aside, verifiable accounts of capital punishment for horse

Guten Tag aus Hannover, Germany, dear Equine Law Blog readers!

For the first time since the Equine Law Blog’s inception in early 2008, we are broadcasting "live" from a location outside the United States!  Speaking of the United States, this update is to let you know about the good news found in the U.S. Tax

Auf Wiedersehen und bis bald! 

As you are reading this post, I’m probably at DFW airport getting ready to board a 10 hour Lufthansa flight bound for Deutschland. 

That means that–Lord willing and the creek don’t rise–the Equine Law Blog will be broadcasting live from Germany during the weeks of August 22 and August 29!  

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