People that are for horse slaughter please see this! Thanks!

When the government errects barriers that make it impossible for horse processing plants to operate they have effectively been banned.

Except in California and Illinois, mls.

Apparently the liberal do-gooders in those states managed to get it passed.

Of course, that's just slaughter for human consumption. I imagine slaughter for animal consumption is still legal.

Someone correct me on that point, if it's a ban on all equine slaughter regardless of its use.

Ah - but you can take the horse to the local butcher.

California - banned for human consumption

Illinois - banned for shipment overseas for human consumption

"Legislation in the United States

There are US Department of Agriculture (USDA) laws governing the transportation of horses to processing plants.
Two bills, H.R. 503 in the House and S. 1915 in the Senate, were introduced last session to prevent the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the United States. H.R. 503 was passed in the House on September 7, 2006. The bill was anonymously blocked from a vote in the Senate, so both bills died at the end of the session. H.R. 503 and S. 311 were introduced January 17, 2007. The text of the bill reads:
A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes.
A separate bill ensures that none of America's wild mustangs are sent to slaughter.
On February 22, 2007, Rep. Robert Molaro introduced a bill, HB1711, to the Illinois General Assembly to prohibit the transportation of horses into the State for the sole purpose of slaughter for human consumption.
On March 28, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that it was illegal for horse slaughterhouses to pay the USDA for their own health inspections. The next day USDA pulled their inspectors from Cavel, effectively ending slaughter of horses for human consumption in the United States."
Here is the site that the information is from.
Horse slaughter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I thought it was.. Thats why they transport them to Mexico and Canada for slaughter O.o

Please read the post above yours. It says that it is not illegal. (except in a few states) The slaughter houses are closed because they made it impossible to have a slaughter horse.

You really want to put a big crip on horse slaughter?? Then horses need to worth more then meat prices. This means all the stallion owner and mare owners for that matter who want to "test breed" their stallions at 2 or even 3 yet have not trained them for anything under saddle. Have not proven that these horses are breeding quality.

Horses unlike cattle, pigs, and other types of livestock. Horses have other value besides their price/lbs. However if you produce a foal who will only bring a few hundred $$ then that is their only value. If breeders made sure that what they where producing was of a higher value then meat prices then it would make the price of horse meat too expensive as the horse has more value alive then slaughtered. However as long as breeders breed b/c they can or to see what they will get then this value will never increase.

I just don't understand how slaughter is the only solution for the overpopulation? I am involved in animal rescue and I can't even imagine the hundreds of thousands of homeless cats and dogs suddenly being sent to slaughter (they are food in other countries)... there is no humane way to slaughter a horse. So... like unwanted dogs/cats, why can't horses be humanely euthanized if homes cannot be found? Why subject them to slaughter? I've seen a horse auction here in Ohio and it is simply torture.

I agree CntryLver we went to a "slaughter" horse auction once and I nearly cried. I had to leave. There were so many ponies and some really nice looking horses that were going through :(. The sadest part was the people selling them WERE losing money. The horses were selling for $50 and it cost $60 to put them through the auction, they have to have tests run by the vet and the cost to ship them.... Why not just have a vet come out and euthanize them?