GAO Horse Slaughter Report 2011

GAO Issues its Horse Slaughter Report

Jun 23, 2011

Courtesy of  Laura Allen

Animal Law Coalition

The Government Accountability Office has issued its report, GAO 11-228, on action needed to address unintended consequences of the 2007 closing of domestic slaughter facilities. A principal recommendation: "Congress may wish to consider instituting an explicit ban on the domestic slaughter of horses and export of U.S. horses intended for slaughter in foreign countries."

A bill, S.B. 1176, is already pending in the Senate that would do just that.

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