Why the SAFE Act Won't Protect America's Horses
In 2007 the last horse slaughter plant shut down in the US. The only reason there is no horse slaughter in the US is because every year horse slaughter plant inspections (USDA) are not funded by Congress, making it impossible to operate horse slaughter plants for the next year. What that essentially did was to increase the number of horses transported to slaughter plants outside the US, mainly in Mexico and Canada. And through them to other countries, for human consumption. Since 2006 bills have been proposed every year to ban the sale and transport of American horses for human consumption.