Bill to Legalize Horse Meat Advances

Yesterday, the Missouri House approved legislation to allow the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The bill passed 91-61, and now heads to the Senate.

Wait a minute. I thought there was already a federal ban against horse meat. There is. Sort of. The law shut down horse slaughter houses in 2006 by pulling federal funding for meat inspectors. Without inspection, meat is illegal to sell.

It is still legal to export horses for slaughter, and currently 100,000 horses a year are shipped to Canada and Mexico.

Now THIS is something worth getting fired up over. Fucking obscene.

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Actual Bill at Missouri House of Representatives - Link

Bill to Legalize Horse Meat Advances