When will the American Horse Slaughter PRevention Act be voted on?
Thanks.

Kristin Chambers
Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement
Waverly, Kansas


On 9/22/07, Ladybugcav@... <Ladybugcav@...> wrote:
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> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:59 PM
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> Subject: Ruling Stops Horse Slaughter in U.S.
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> Ruling Stops Horse Slaughter in U.S.
> by Blood-Horse Staff
> Date Posted: September 21, 2007
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> Last Updated: September 21, 2007 The last remaining horse slaughter plant
> in
> the country was effectively shut down Sept. 21 when a three-judge panel on
>
> the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled an Illinois law
> banning horse slaughter for human consumption is constitutional.
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> The ruling comes four months after Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the law,
> overwhelmingly passed by the Illinois State Senate earlier this year.
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> Belgian-owned Cavel International immediately filed a federal lawsuit
> contesting the ban. While the lawsuit was pending, the slaughter plant was
> allowed
> to operate, killing hundreds of horses a week.
>
> Cavel has the option to appeal to the United States Supreme Court, but it
> is
> likely that the justices will refuse to hear the case, as they did earlier
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> this year when two Texas slaughter facilities appealed their respective
> closures.
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> The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act is awaiting a vote in
> Congress.
> The bill would make it permanently illegal to slaughter horses in the U.S.
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> and prohibit the transport of horses across national borders to be
> slaughtered
> in other countries, such as Mexico or Canada.
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