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

Animal Ethics

In DeKalb, Illinois, that monster is Cavel International, the only remaining plant in the U.S. Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. On May 24, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bill into law. Or so we thought!