Illinois Rep. Jim Sacia is a horse owner, and while he stated in an article that he would not personally use slaughter plants as an end-of-life choice for his animals, he believes that decision should be left up to individual horse owners.

Sacia is sponsoring a bill in the Illinois General Assembly to lift the state’s ban (enacted three years ago) against commercial horse slaughter for human consumption abroad.

For more information, see the Chicago Tribune‘s article on the slaughter bill.