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• The current state of the PMU industry (11/5/03) — On October 10, 2003, Wyeth Organics (Wyeth Inc.) started their first round of cuts in PMU production contracts, read how this affects the PMU ranch horses (crush the pill).

• Staci Layne Wilson on BBC Radio (10/25-26/03 — HorseAid co-founder Staci Layne Wilson in an interview on BBC Radio.

• Six slaughter bound horses rescued (10/25/03 — Carol Chapman of The Last Refuge rescues six horses off of the slaughter truck.

• Cavel Vigil (9/27/03) — Read about the DeKalb, ILL Cavel slaughter plant rebuilding protest.

• HorseAid Program Updates — What HorseAid is (and isn't) doing these days (and why).

• Anti Slaughter Bill (H.R. 857) — Read about the bill that may finally end all horse slaughter.

• Training Hints — Check out Staci Wilson's "The Scare Factor" training tips (from her sold out horse training book, "The Horse's Choice") in this month's "Tips".  In over 25 print runs (over 250,000 copies sold in 3 years), the proceeds from this book supported the entire HorseAid programme from 2000 to 2003. It was the only funding HorseAid received for those years.

• Spring/Summer 1999 issue of "Running Free" is still available — The last regularly published issue of "Running Free" (the official publication of the I.G.H.A.), is still available "online". (Free! In full colour.) No future issues are scheduled for publication at this time, so this is now a real "collectors item" issue.
  
  The file is in the universal cross-platform "Adobe Acrobat" format, get it now!
  
  This last issue of "Running Free" includes the story of the HorseAid gelding "Burnie", whose owners left him to die in a burning stall after their methamphetamine drug lab exploded. It was a long and difficult journey for "Burnie", but with lots of love and professional care, he has made a full recovery. The previous issue of "Running Free" featured the story of "Sam", a Hollywood equine star fallen on hard times before coming to HorseAid.

• Summer 2000 issue of "HorseAid Update" is also still available — The last regularly published issue of "HorseAid Update" (the official publication of HorseAid), is still available "online". (Free! In full colour.) No future issues are scheduled for publication at this time (but the issue has been recently updated to reflect the changes within HorseAid).
  
  The file is in the universal cross-platform "Adobe Acrobat" format, get it now!

• We get letters... Read what our guests think about us, pro & con on our Guest Riders page.

• Horses in the News — Find out the latest news in the horse world. See our EquiNEWS! page.

• Legislative Ways & Means — What's happening to the horses behind our backs? What laws are helping or hindering our equine companions? Read our Legislative Page to check out the latest legislation affecting horses and horse keepers.

• From "Blazing Saddles" to Benevolent SafeHouse - Featured in a past issue of "Running Free", the story of "Sam", a Hollywood equine star fallen on hard times. The long hard trek from adoration to unintentional neglect -- one HorseAid horse's heart warming story of the value of love and companionship.

UpDate! Sam's "comeback" in the hands (and heart) of one little girl.

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