The Humane Society of the United States, hot on the heels of a recent court decision upholding a ban on horse slaughter in Texas, sent letters to American and Delta Airlines informing them "that the airlines and their employees face potential criminal liability for transporting horse meat in Texas and urged them to immediately stop shipping horse meat from slaughterhouses in Texas to Europe and Asia for human consumption." Sure enough, three days later, HSUS is commending the airlines for suspending these shipments.At the national level, we are still awaiting a move from Congress to bring The Horse Protection Act amendment to a vote, passage of which would "prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes." (In the House | In the Senate)
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Labels: animal agriculture, horse slaughter, horses
