Earlier this year, state Rep. Jim Viebrock, R-Republican, introduced a bill designed to circumvent federal rules that prevent horse slaughter for human consumption and would enable horse processing facilities to open in Missouri. Viebrock thinks the legislation would jump-start the ailing equine industry by slaughtering old horses, which pro-slaughter advocates say has been hurt by the recent closure of the country’s three horse slaughterhouses.
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