[Sca-cooks] US Horse Slaughter Plants Hope To Open Aug. 5

[Stefan li Rous]

We've discussed horse meat before. Here is the latest from one of my manufacturing news feeds. I know that this has had a mixed reception in the past, but here it is. I've got mixed feelings, myself.

Stefan
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Horse Slaughter Plants Hope To Open Aug. 5
Wed, 07/17/2013 - 7:52am

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The attorney representing newly licensed horse slaughterhouses in New Mexico and Iowa says the plants are set to open Aug. 5.

But lawyer Blair Dunn says those plans hinge on an Aug. 2 court date before a federal judge in New Mexico overseeing a lawsuit by animal protection groups.

The Humane Society of the United States, Front Range Equine Rescue of Larkspur, Colo., and others filed the suit against the Department of Agriculture, alleging it failed to conduct the proper environmental reviews before issuing permits for Valley Meat Co. of Roswell, N.M., and Responsible Transportation in Sigourney, Iowa.

Dunn says the judge will decide whether to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent the plants from opening. They would be the first horse slaughterhouses to operate domestically since 2007.
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