Day: October 25, 2011

Slaughter of Horses Goes On, Just Not in U.S.

That shift is one of the many unintended consequences of a de facto federal ban on horse slaughter, according to a recent federalgovernment study. As the domestic market for unwanted horses shrinks, more are being neglected and abandoned, and roughly the same number — nearly 140,000 a year — are being killed after a sometimes grueling journey across the border

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