EL PASO — The slaughter of horses has been banned in the U.S., but horses sold at American auctions are still arriving at Mexican slaughterhouses.
Last year, lawmakers banned the practice of killing horses for human consumption in the U.S. Now, even those who balk at sending one of their own horses to slaughter say shutting down the American plants was a mistake.
“(It’s) better they’re slaughtered in this country where the humane society can keep an eye on what is going on than to take them out of the country where nobody knows what is going on,” said rancher Mary Logan. “It is frequently very bad.”
Carl Witherel, the owner of a horse riding business, says U.S. lawmakers should not have shut down the plants. “You eat hundreds of other species of animals. Why should the government tell me I can’t eat horses or somebody else can’t?”
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