Why worry about state bans if horse slaughter for human consumption is illegal in the U.S.?
Well, Congress could re-fund the inspections at some point. Also, pro-horse slaughterers have had several bills introduced in some state legislatures that call for the defeat of the federal bill, H.R. 503/S.B. 727. The horse slaughters even tried unsuccessfully to overturn a 2007 ban in Illinois on horse slaughter for human consumption. In North Dakota and South Dakota they have actually asked for substantial taxpayer dollars to “study” the feasibility of building horse slaughter facilities there. The foreign investors that would own these slaughter houses expected American taxpayers to fund feasibility studies for their private slaughtering operations. South Dakota rejected the study, but sadly, North Dakota’s legislature agreed to it. In Montana the state legislature agreed to limit access to the courts and hamstring the ability of citizens and judges to challenge construction of a horse slaughter house by what were described as “Belgian” investors. Nice protection for foreign invest
