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  • Legal Slaughter of Horses in the US Could Resume Monday

    Whether slaughterhouses in Iowa and New Mexico can resume processing horses is expected to be determined by a federal judge in Albuquerque on Friday. If the judge rules in favor of Valley Meat Co. of Roswell, N.M., and Responsible Transportation in Sigourney, Iowa, the slaughtering of horses for meat will be legally allowed again in the United States for the first time since it was effectively banned in 2006.