The U.S. Senate passed an amendment today by a stunning 68-29 vote that prohibits the use of any federal taxpayer funds to slaughter horses for food exports.
These measures will effectively stop America’s horses from being killed in three slaughterhouses in the U.S. that slaughter horses — two in Texas and one in Illinois.
The amendment also stops horses from being shipped to slaughterhouses in Canada or Mexico so that their meat can be exported to foreign countries.