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Veternarians For Equine Welfare Posts article about Kentucky horses:

Calls it an Act of Desperation from the Foreign-Owned Horse Slaughter Industry

WASHINGTON (March 16, 2007) – Recent claims that thousands of horses have been abandoned in Kentucky are unfounded. The Humane Society of the United States is calling it a campaign of fear mongering by a foreign-owned horse slaughter industry which is on its last legs in the United States. Proponents of slaughtering American horses so the French and Belgians can eat horse meat frequently alarm the public about wanton abandonment to raise false and baseless concerns about a proposed ban on horse slaughter for human consumption.

Complete story here http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org/...dhorsemyth.php