Another horse has been found butchered, presumably for meat, in a Hialeah, Florida, pasture.

Since 2009, more than 50 horses have been butchered for their meat in south Florida, particularly in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In 2010, Florida lawmakers passed legislation making it illegal to for anyone to slaughter a horse to obtain its meat. In 2012, the town of Southwest Ranches, Florida, enacted an ordinance that levies fines and other penalties on anyone who slaughters a horse for human consumption in that town. Even so, the illegal butcherings continued. In January, the butchered remains of a horse were found in a barn in Hialeah and, in March, another horse’s remains were found along a roadside near Lehigh Acres.

South Florida Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFSPCA) director of ranch operations Laurie Waggoner said the latest butchering was discovered July 22, when the remains of a 3-year-old filly were found butchered in a pasture at a facility where the SFSPCA was once based.

Waggoner said the filly was taken from her stall before being butchered

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