How did the US stop horse slaughter?

My name is Angela Miller Valianos, I spear headed the Anti Slaughter movement years ago in Illinois.This war took alot of hard work to get the support we ended with. I would love to anser your question more in depth but we need to do it off line, there is too much and not enough time to type it all out.Email me anytime if you wish. annabell81824@aol.com put Horse Slaughter Question is the subject line and include your number and a good time to call and I will call you. I will respond of course with my contact information.Thank you for such a great question-AngelaHorse slaughter is NOT illegal in the United States. It is illegal to sell or consume horse meat, but it is not illegal to slaughter horses for other purposes additionally 100,000 horses are exported from the United States under horrific conditions to be brutally slaughtered in Mexico and Canada each year.The last three slaughter plants were shut down due to local laws and code violations. There are currently applications in several states that have companies looking to open horse slaughter plants.The most recent is being attempted by a faux rescue group and the WY Senator Sue Wallis - known by the rescue community as \"Slaughterhouse Sue\".The most recent application that failed was in April of 2010 and Willie Nelson and is daughter were critics of the idea and with their help, the bill/application was defeated.

Actually, slaughter was stopped because the Federal Government defunded USDA inspections for slaughteredhorses. Sadly, the plight of horses sent to Mexico for slaughter is even worse than it was in the USA. It is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption, It is not illegal to eat horse meat if a horse owner/cares to consume their own animals.