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Horse Slaughter Could Start Up Again in One Month

Critter News

Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month. Congress lifted the ban in a spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law Nov.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

Let's deconstruct: The facts of the case: "Emaciated horses eating bark off trees. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. Horses subsisting on feces, walking among carcasses. Not approving the institutionalized slaughter of the horses we claim to hold so dear lowers that value. Financially).