Photo: Horse Slaughter Continues in U.S., Despite Recent Law

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A horse in North Dakota nibbles on grass.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it will allow three foreign-owned processing plants—two in Texas and one in Illinois—to continue slaughtering horses for their meat, despite a recently passed law designed to end teh practice in the U.S.

Photograph by Ian C. Martin

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