Protections for Wild Horses Included in Major Spending Bill

Protections for wild horses and burros are included in a wide-ranging spending bill to be considered by Congress within days. This massive bill, authorizing around $1.1 trillion in spending, includes crucial defunding language related to federal meat inspections, effectively preventing horse slaughter plants from opening on American soil.

Such inspections are mandatory for plants wanting to slaughter horses, so a federal ban on funding them means these plants cannot operate. The bill also continues language stipulating that wild horses and burros will be protected from going to slaughter.

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