The argument for bringing back slaughter plants has hinged on the belief that without the slaughter option abuse neglect and abandonment incidents will increase.
The GAO report used to repeal the ban provided statistics showing that in fact there have been increased cases across the country of abandonment and neglect...and any rescue or animal control officer will back that up.
however, those increases coincided with exponential increases in the number of horses exported for slaughter.
The number of US horses slaughtered has in fact remained nearly on par with 2006 numbers.
We are not slaughtering fewer animals.
The closure of slaughter plants is not responsible for the increasing numbers of unwanted animals.... the economy is.
I find it hard to believe that getting one of these plants open again will be as easy as advertised. Slaughter plants of any kind are major NIMBYs as well as polluters.
But once again the push is to stop them... not to find a long term solution.
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