Thursday, September 18, 2008

Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act delayed Horse activists are still waiting on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to finish revisions on a bill that could put an end to horse transportation to foreign slaughterhouses in Canada and Mexico. The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 was to be reviewed by the committee on Wednesday morning, but was delayed until further notice because of revisions that were discussed at the same hearing. The proposed bill would prohibit the selling of horses for human consumption in the United States and the transportation of horses for slaughter to Mexico and Canada....

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