The International Equine Conference Happening NOW!

September 26 – 28

Right now just outside Washington, DC a motivated compassionate group of equine welfare enthusiasts, activists, movers and shakers is convening to bring together ideas and coordinate action to help make this a better world for equines everywhere. If you’re like me and wish you could be there, through the power of Facebook and Twitter we sort of can!

#IECnews

In your Twitter feed search the term #IECnews for a list of current tweets from the conference floor. If you have info use the hashtag yourself to bring it to the attention of the folks there too! Here’s a quick little primer on how to use hashtags: http://nothing.golddave.com/2009/03/12/beginners-guide-to-using-hashtags-on-twitter/

On Facebook you can click over to the the page they’ve created for this event right here: http://www.facebook.com/InternationalEquineConference 

For more general ongoing information about equine welfare from around the globe like the Equine Welfare Alliance page on facebook too!

Some recent tweets from the conference floor:

Elizabeth Weiner, Sen Landrieu aide, now talking at #IECnews

Nadine, with her Barbaro book #IECnews http://t.co/6u64kMRT Nadine w/Alex’s book at the IEC moments ago.

As suspected, horse racing coming under fire #IECnews I follow this talk, some damage control in my talk (alex Brown) Find his awesome links here: http://alexbrownracing.com/wiki/index.php/Horse_rescue

#IECnews 1,000 illegal horse slaughter farms in Florida, where over 50,000 horses a year are slaughtered for human consumption

#IECnews in slaughter some equines require three or more shots before death finally comes – it is not tidy nor humane

Horses are often shipped to Japan for slaughter overseas. 3+ horses are packed tightly into wooden crates, bound by wire, #IECnews

#IECnews One of the methods of killing horses in slaughter plants is with the use of a .22 proven ineffectivce & horrifically inaccurate

#IECnews 56,000 American Horses have been slaughtered in Canadian slaughterhouses just this year

#IECnews Many of the breeds of American Horses going to Slaughter in Canada are Quarter Horses , Paints, & Thoroughbreds.

The vast majority of Canadians are against Horse Slaughter & the numbers are increasing every day. #IECnews

http://t.co/zsxUCy8d Support a Ban on Horse Slaughter PETITION!! #IECnews