(POLITICS) A proposal in the Obama administration’s 2014 budget has indirectly blocked the horse slaughtering industry from operating. The proposal technically only calls for the removal of spending money on the inspection of horse slaughtering facilities, but without these inspections, the facilities would not be permitted to function on a legal level. Horse lovers and animal advocates can breathe a sigh of relief for now. However, pro-horse slaughtering groups and individuals such as Dave Duquette—an advocate who has been looking to invest in house slaughtering for human consumption—says, “We’re going to go after them pretty hard about this.” Read on for more details pertaining to the horse slaughtering debate in the article below. — Global Animal
Read the New York Times article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/business/obama-moves-to-block-slaughter-of-horses-for-meat.html
OK I CAN SAY IS evil evil evil. START DOING THE RIGHT THING & SAFE OUR HORSES..NO ONE WANTS A SLAUGHTER HOUSE & NO ONE WILL BE EATING THAT MEAT EITHER..ITS ALL POISON..GOOD JOB FDA & BLM..U R BOTH SICKING TO THE USA..GOD SPEED TO U ALL!
Come On New Mexico You Are Better than this. Until horse slaughter is stopped in NM I am ashamed to say I was born in this state.
How about we end all slaughter!! Such a evil word 🙁