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Federal court upholds Illinois law banning horse slaughter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...ck=1&cset=true
CHICAGO - A federal appeals court in Chicago has upheld an Illinois law that bans the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Unless an appeal is filed, the ruling will force the closure of the Cavel (kuh-VEHL') International plant in DeKalb, the last horse slaughtering plant in the United States. The meat is shipped to be eaten by diners overseas, except for a portion sold to U.S. zoos. The state of Illinois banned that practice earlier this year, but the plant had been operating while the court of appeals made its decision. The Cavel plant has operated in DeKalb for about 20 years, and plant officials say it slaughters about 1,000 horses a week. |
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Good. Get that **** out of here. And.. a portion sold to U.S. zoos? WTF? x 2 I cannot understand how anyone could work there. If there was no other form of employment, I'd let myself get homeless and starve to death first. There is absolutely no way. Not for all the money in the world. Absolutely disgusting... this is making my stomach churn.
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I was thinking the same thing about the workers. While it's sad to put that many people out of work - how can one work there!?! I couldn't live with myself...though I don't have a family to feed so I guess I can't judge. Still...I'm glad the ban was upheld and I'm very happy that the last U.S. horse slaughter house is closing! |
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breton, that's an interesting point. i would hope farmers would, yknow, stop raising horses for slaughter and move on to something else. cattle, maybe? not that i'm glad to see cattle slaughterhouses either, but that's a trade that isn't going to be going anywhere anytime soon, so it'd at least be reliable work for them.
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As for the zoos, they'll just have to use other kinds of meat. Hopefully it'll be more expensive for the crappy, brutal zoos and it'll push them towards closure. People really should be able to spot a bad zoo anyway, and just not visit. |
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But what about the dogs? And the babies?
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Perhaps the groups that have pushed the suits to close the place have already thought of this. I hope they would have that foresight.
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It's good news in theory, but I wonder how those 1000 unwanted horses per week will be treated now. They'll still be unwanted and they may be slaughtered in less humane ways. The whole thing is ugly
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