Congress hears results of U.S. horse slaughter ban
Bryan Salvage
MEATPOULTRY.com
Participants in the Livestock Marketing Association’s fourth annual Washington, D.C. Fly-In said members of Congress are realizing the unintended consequences of closing the last three horse slaughter plants in the U.S.
Jim Santomaso, L.M.A. president, said the industry is seeing “more and more reports of abandoned horses and of horses turned out and left to starve because owners can’t afford their upkeep or have the means to properly dispose of them,” after a series of legislative actions closed the three remaining U.S.-based plants in recent years.
