"Horses will be bringing high dollars. That makes them mighty attractive to thieves, wholl try to get them to slaughter plants in Canada and Mexico." HIP has established contacts with those plants for quick response when horses are reported missing, Henderson said. "Protect your horses by ...
In 2006, over 100,000 horses were slaughtered for food in the United States in three equine slaughter plants located in Texas and Illinois. Dealers, called “kill buyers”, collected animals from auctions, sale barns, and boarding facilities from around the country. Most horse meat was exported...
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A: Not right now. Three horse slaughter plants were shuttered five years ago after court action. Those plants produced meat that was mostly sold overseas. Q: But horses are slaughtered in Mexico and Canada. Companies could import that meat and use it as a cheap substitute for beef, right?
Since then, Dave Duquette moved on to greener pastures working for oil millionaireForrest Lucasas an “equine expert” for Lucas’Protect the Harvest, a non-profit corporation that’s trying to bring horse slaughter plants back into operation in the United States. ...
Closing of U.S. horse slaughter plants still reverberates.The article presents the report of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the slaughter horse market in the U.S. It notes that the report reveals that the market shifts from the U.S. to Canada and Mexico as a result...
Two plants in Texas are closed to horse processing as is one plant in Illinois. 100,000 horses were slaughtered in the U.S. in 2006 for meat. This number represents only 2 percent of the horsemeat eaten worldwide. Slaughter of horses f...
Horse Slaughter Plants Planned in Several StatesToday, Usa