Bill would ban killing horses for food
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) — The House of Representatives could vote this week on a bill that would ban the butchering of horses for human consumption in the United States.
Horse meat processing is a $40 billion industry in the United States. But the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports it is almost invisible because the meat is shipped overseas and there are only three slaughtering plants in the country, all foreign-owned. (more….)
