http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090305/BLOGS09/90305049JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators voiced support Thursday for the renewal of horse slaughtering in the United States, decrying "do-gooder" animal rights activists and touting the benefits of horse meat as food.
Since the last of the U.S. horse slaughterhouses closed in 2007, thousands of horses have been trucked to Mexico and Canada for slaughter. Legislation pending in Congress seeks to put an end to that as well, by prohibiting the export of horses for slaughter for human consumption.
Missouri senators passed a resolution Thursday, without any dissent, denouncing the federal legislation and urging Congress to instead offer incentives to open horse processing plants in the United States.
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