UPDATE: Valley Meat Co., now seeking a grant of inspection to allow it to slaughter horses for export, had its beef slaughter inspectors pulled from the plant for five days for the company’s inhumane treatment
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Letter From The Editor: ‘Slaughterhouse Sue’
By Dan Flynn on
Believe it or not, this week I was planning on writing one of those “dog that did not bark” stories about the fact that in no state has re-starting horse slaughter come up as a…
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Americans Don't Eat Horses
By Keith Dane on
A recent article invoked America’s cowboy culture as the only reason we don’t eat horses, but there’s much more to it than that (“Horse Slaughter Issue Won’t Go Away,” Oct. 25). While it’s true…
Letter From The Editor: Staying on Point
By Dan Flynn on
Alan Frost, one of our most alert readers, responded to a story I wrote this week on the possible return of horse slaughter for human food in the U.S. by pointing out “the subject of…