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Illinois House Considers Horse Meat Ban
You wouldn't order horse meat in a restaurant or butcher shop in America. But the Illinois House is considering repealing a ban on horse slaughter. State Rep. Jim Sacia (R-Pecatonica) says all the law has done is push thousands of horses into Mexican slaughterhouses. Illinois and Texas were the last two states to outlaw the processing of horses into meat.

Opponents have enlisted former Sen. and Rep. Bob Molaro to lobby for them. He says if anybody knows how to treat horses, it's Texas, and that Illinois should follow that state’s lead. Sacia's bill passed a House committee unanimously, after Sacia promised Rep. Julie Hamos (D-Evanston) he would work to make a horse rescue program part of the bill.

HB 4812 has passed the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee.

(Illinois Radio Network)
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