Feds say AQHA Breeder’s Theft Worse than Believed: $53M
The small northwestern Illinois town of Dixon took another body blow Tuesday as federal authorities charged that its longtime comptroller stole nearly double what prosecutors originally alleged.
View ArticleRita Crundwell: Dixon, Illinois Comptroller/Horse Breeder Pleads Not Guilty...
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- The former comptroller of a small northern Illinois city pleaded not guilty Monday to charges alleging she stole more than $53 million of the public's money to fund a lavish lifestyle...
View ArticleTop AQHA Breeder Rita Crundwell Pleads Guilty to Stealing $53M from Illinois...
By JOHN SCHRIFFEN of ABC News “What we have in this case is an object lesson in how not to manage public funds..” A former comptroller for a small town in Illinois pleaded guilty to embezzling $53...
View ArticleIn Illinois, a Quarter Horse Queen’s Fall from Grace
By Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Owner Rita Crundwell ‘was kind of like Madonna’ in her field… Ask anybody in the quarter horse business. They’ll tell you. Rita Crundwell was one of the greatest...
View ArticleHorse Cloners Fight in Court to Make More “Unwanted” Horses
I’ve written about the horse cloning company ViaGen in past articles, including more about the history of cloned horses included in this article There is a survey below the NBC news article that asks...
View ArticleA Statistical Analysis of Slaughterhouse Sue
By John Holland ~ President of the Equine Welfare Alliance “Sue is a compulsive fact creator…” Hi, my name is John Holland, and I am a data-holic. I usually spend my day furtively downloading...
View ArticleCourt Says AQHA can Delay Clone Registrations
Wild Horse Freedom Federation has been following the horse cloning issue and this court case. Just a reminder, as “unwanted” horses are sent to an inhumane slaughter, the slaughtered mares’ ovaries...
View ArticleSlaughter Promoting AQHA is Disgraced Over Leading Exhibitor and Breeder’s...
The Comptroller for the City of Dixon, Illinois was arrested today by FBI agents on a federal charge for allegedly defrauding the City of Dixon of more than $3.2 million in public funds since just last...
View ArticleAppeals Court: Quarter Horse Group May Reject Clones
We’ve been covering the subject of cloned horses, including “The Push for Cloned Horses As Natural Horses Go to Slaughter” and “Horse Cloners Fight in Court to Make More ‘Unwanted’ Horses.” Below is...
View ArticleCourt Sides With AQHA in Cloning Case
Horse cloners Gregg Veneklasen and Jason Abraham Source: thehorse.com by Pat Raia The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) in a...
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