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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

Illinoisans breathed a collective sigh of relief. While we wait for the ruling, hundreds of innocent horses will be killed in true horror-film fashion—their heads smashed by captive-bolt pistols, their throats slit by the slashing knives of Cavel employees. On May 24, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bill into law.