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IHP launches a petition to ban horse drawn carriages in Florence
21/06/2021 - IHP: petition to stop the horse-drawn tourist carriages in Florence
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Fixplan, the drug produced by torturing horses: 4 European parliamentarians ask the minister Speranza to deny its authorization
16/06/2021 - Thanks to the initiative of Eleonora Evi, deputy at the European Parliament(MEP) for Europa Verde, four MEPs wrote to the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza requesting to deny the authorization for the marketing in Italy of Fixplan, a drug produced by the Argentine company Syntex through the torture of pregnant mares and used in intensive farming to maximize meat production.
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HORSE RUNS INTO LAMORGESE’S CAR, IHP: ‘CARRIAGES, AN UNACCEPTABLE FORM OF EXPLOITATION IN 2021’
14/06/2021 - "This afternoon a horse - used in the historic centre of Florence to pull tourist carriages - ran into two cars, one of which belongs to the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese.  The accident, which fortunately did not lead to injuries, highlights the conditions under which these animals are used. Carriages are a form of exploitation that is no longer acceptable in 2021.  [...]"
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La storia di Grifo, puledro cieco simbolo di speranza
07/06/2021 - coming soon
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How many were slaughtered in Italy in 2020? The numbers don't add up
03/06/2021 - In 2020, 30,000 horses were slaughtered in Italy. Or 20,000. It depends on which source the data are retrieved from: “Again this year we confirm the 'strangeness' of a system that does not provide a clear picture of how many horses and other equids ended up in a slaughterhouse in our country. This is an anomaly that we have been denouncing for years and that must be resolved through a clear and transparent registry system, which is currently lacking in Italy”
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Catania, corsa clandestina in alta definizione
01/06/2021 - coming soon
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Brutalising the nature of a horse in the name of a pseudo-sport
29/05/2021 - coming soon
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Stop horsemeat imports: new investigation in Uruguay, Sarel slaughterhouse. International petition
27/05/2021 - These images, filmed in Uruguay in the Sarel slaughterhouse, show systematic abuse of the horses: left without food, without shelters, without care even in the case of serious injuries. The health authorities' controls are manipulated, which is why we continue to import the meat of those horses into Europe, including Italy, as if everything was just fine.
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A new home in San Miniato for horses positive for equine infectious anaemia (EIA)
19/05/2021 - The seven horses testing positive for equine infectious anaemia and which IHP (Italian Horse Protection, the first Italian association for the protection of horses) has always taken care of, left for their new home in Corniano, municipality of San Miniato (Pisa) at dawn this morning. 
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Sets fire to the horse to punish him
15/05/2021 - sets fire to the horse to punish him
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