Urgent Alert: S DAKOTA INTRODUCES BILL TO FINANCE HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANT

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Dear Humanitarian:

 

A bill was introduced in the South Dakota legislature last week that

would make a state-funded loan of up to $1 million available to anyone

wishing to construct and open a horse slaughtering facility in the

state. Introduced by multiple members of the South Dakota State Senate

and House Agriculture Committees, S.B. 170 is scheduled for a hearing

in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee at 10am on

Tuesday morning (1/29/08).

 

Currently no horse slaughtering facilities operate in the United

States: both Texas and Illinois shuttered the remaining domestic plants

in 2007 in response to strong public opposition to horse slaughter. The

opening of a plant in South Dakota would be a huge step backwards for

American horses and would have a tremendously negative impact on the

state.

 

What You Can Do:

 

http://www.awionline.org/legislation/eAlerts/2008/012708.htm