Republican Rep. Ed Butcher’s bill declares the state open for that type of business, and attempts to reassure potential investors perhaps skittish following recent closure of the country’s last equine slaughterhouse. Cavel International Inc. shut down its DeKalb, Ill., operation after the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2007 upheld an Illinois law prohibiting slaughter of horses for human consumption.

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