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Greece bans horse slaughter
31/07/2020 - Sensational news that gives pause for thought in Italy Slaughter of horses for meat, skins, medicines, and various other products is now banned in Greece, as of 29 July 2020, bringing horses into line with legislation regarding dogs and cats.
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Argentina starts trials on hyperimmune equine serum to treat COVID-19
30/07/2020 - The serum is obtained by injecting a SARS-CoV-2 protein, which triggers an immune response in the animal’s body that generates a large amount of neutralising antibodies. Plasma is then extracted and used to treat people testing positive for COVID-19, stopping them from becoming ill: in short, this is the idea of a group of Argentine medical researchers.
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Trani, Puglia: senseless death of a horse. We are ready to report this
27/07/2020 - it seems a horse pulling a light 2-wheeled gig is said to have been frightened by a passing lorry causing it to bolt. It apparently put a foot into an open manhole, and crashed heavily into a lamppost.
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Horses found dead at Olbia following ferry journey: the facts must be clarified
20/07/2020 - In a statement sent to the Public Prosecutor c/o the Tribunale di Tempio Pausania, IHP lists a number of issues - including eye witness reports from passengers on the same ferry – asking for all those responsible to be identified.
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Ferry horror: four horses dead
15/07/2020 - Four horses were found dead inside a horsebox last Monday, immediately after the vehicle disembarked from the Moby ferry from Civitavecchia to Olbia. There were 9 horses in the horsebox destined to race at Chilivani racecourse.
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Palagonia (CT): horse dies on illegal racetrack
06/07/2020 - A horse died tragically at dawn yesterday, as it crashed into a ditch in the course of an illegal race intercepted by the Carabinieri, at Palagonia (Catania).
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EU: Imported horsemeat from cruel production and unclear origin
03/07/2020 - Numerous investigations over more than two years, repeated EU inspections since 2007 and reports of Australian authorities revealed non-compliance with, or non-equivalence to relevant EU requirements. Conditional suspensions of horsemeat imports from Mexico and Brazil have already been imposed, follow-ing EU audits in these countries
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Slaughter of horses for human consumption in Italy, 2019: a slight reduction in numbers, but the precise figures are by no means clear
26/06/2020 - Slaughter of horses for human consumption in Italy, 2019: a slight reduction in numbers, but the precise figures are by no means clear
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Horses legally seized at Correggio (RE) - action to save them from slaughter
17/06/2020 - A man had brought them down from France as ‘sports horses’ and had taken them to the abattoir as animals for slaughter, having himself doctored their passports.
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IHP: Sonny Richichi reconfirmed as president
15/06/2020 - On Saturday 13 June an Extraordinary General Meeting was held via videoconference, to establish a new board of directors following the resignations of Ilaria Castellani, Elisa Munafò and Agnese Santi.
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