Senate Committee Passes Anti-Slaughter Budget Amendment
Pat Raia
May 20, 2016
The amendment would prevent the USDA from using any of its 2017 budget revenue to pay for horsemeat inspections.
The amendment would prevent the USDA from using any of its 2017 budget revenue to pay for horsemeat inspections.
One bill sponsor said the legislation is designed to protect horses while keeping the U.S. food supply safe.
A man accused of operating an illegal slaughter farm in Palm Beach County has been found guilty of cruelty to animals.
The final order blocks several entities from developing a horse processing plant in that state.
The bill includes a provision that forbids funding of horsemeat inspections at horse processing plants.
The man, accused of illegally possessing horsemeat for human consumption, is allowed to keep horses on his property.
Illinois Racing Commissioner Kathy Byrne withdrew the proposal and resigned after the board did not vote on the issue.
Two men thought to have information about the slaughter of a high-ticket show jumper were not involved in the incident.
An eighth man has been arrested in connection with raids on three illegal slaughter farms in Florida.
In an unprecedented move in a country known for its hippophagia, public pressure led to a slaughterhouse’s closure.
Livestock hauler Tom Davis admitted that most of the horses he purchased through the BLM went to slaughter in Mexico.
A recently purchased Selle Francais gelding named Phedras De Blondrel was found dead and dismembered on Oct. 24.
Rodobaldo Diaz of Palm Beach, Florida, was arrested on Oct. 20 and charged with four counts of animal cruelty.
Last week investigators raided three illegal slaughter farms in Loxahatchee and West Palm Beach, Florida.
Six people were arrested following raids at the three illegal slaughter farms, some of which processed horses.
A judge has expanded a 2014 injunction to include the new owners of a plant that was once intended to process horses.
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