Wyoming lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan resolution requesting the U.S. Congress make the slaughter of wild horses and burros legal in the United States.
The meat would be available for sale in America and foreign markets.
Animal welfare groups are unhappy about the move.
President of the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group Simone Netherlands says, “We’re appalled because there is no [simple] humane way to slaughter a horse. It takes precision to do it humanely.”
A livestock helicopter pilot rounds up wild horses from the Fox and Lake Herd Management Area in Washoe County, Nev., on July 13, 2008. (Brad Horn/AP Photo)
Dr. Joanna Grossman, equine program manager and senior adviser for the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) adds, “The torment horses endure en route to and at the slaughterhouse is well-documented.”…