Illinois to consider allowing horse slaughter for meat

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Illinois House Bill 5382 was introduced Feb. 9 and would repeal a previous ban on the slaughtering of horses for human consumption.

Illinois House Bill 5382 was introduced Feb. 9 and would repeal a previous ban on the slaughtering of horses for human consumption.

Several other states are seeking to strengthen or repeal horse slaughter bans in the wake of the end of a five-year federal ban on the practice.

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