My fingers are crossed.

Horse Slaughter Bill Nears Vote
by Amanda Duckworth
Date Posted: 9/6/2006 12:07:31 PM
Last Updated: 9/7/2006 12:10:36 AM

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Sept. 7 on a bill that would end horse slaughter for human consumption. With the vote drawing near, those on both sides of the issue have been trying to garner last-minute support.

A rally was held Sept. 5 by supporters of the bill, while the American Veterinary Medicine Association, Horse Welfare Coalition, and others who oppose the bill have issued an advertisement in Roll Call - a newspaper that covers the actions of Congress - asking lawmakers to defeat the bill.

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Yes!

House approves bill to shutter horsemeat industry
By Todd J. Gillman

The Dallas Morning News

(MCT)

WASHINGTON - Horse lovers won a huge victory Thursday when the House voted overwhelmingly to shut down the horsemeat industry.

Farm and ranch groups oppose the ban, arguing that slaughterhouses in Kaufman and Fort Worth, Texas, and DeKalb, Ill., provide a valuable service by processing 90,000 unwanted, though mostly healthy, animals each year.

"What we are exposing today is a brutal, shadowy, predatory shameful practice that borders on the perverse," said Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., an author of the bill. "It reflects on our culture. It reflects on our priorities."

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