Sources: Multiple – this rendition from (less headlines) The Kansas City Star
Barrister for Failed Horse Slaughterhouse Issues Anti-Obama Rhetoric
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SANTA FE, N.M. — Animal protection advocates applauded President Barack Obama on Tuesday for proposing to continue a federal funding ban that’s blocking the resumption of commercial horse slaughter in the U.S.
The president and Congress agreed earlier this year to withhold money through September for Agriculture Department inspections necessary for slaughterhouses to process horse meat for human consumption.
The president’s budget calls for the funding prohibition to remain in place through the end of the next budget year in September 2015.
“Wasting tax dollars on the cruelty of horse slaughter makes no sense, and we urge Congress to once again adopt this provision,” said Nancy Perry, a senior vice president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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