Less than week after a double-decker trailer rollover caused the death of 17 horses, a member of the Illinois General Assembly introduced legislation that would ban the use of such trailers to transport horses for any reason.
Ill. State Rep. Robert S. Molaro (D-25th) introduced HB4166 on Nov. 2.
The measure amends section 5 of Illinois’ Humane Care For Animals Act, adding: “No person may transport any equidae in any vehicle or trailer containing two or more levels of equidae, one on top of another.”
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