Oklahoma’s governor signs horse slaughter bill
Oklahoma’s govenor has signed a mouth permitting Equus caballus slaughter inwards the state, maxim those who help close horses cannot endure happy amongst a status quo that encourages abuse in addition to neglect.
Governor Mary Fallin set her signature to House Bill 1999 on Friday, which ends the prohibition on horse-meat processing for export inwards Oklahoma.
Forty-six states, non including Oklahoma, currently let horse-meat processing.
Slaughter plants, however, soundless expression upwards hurdles inwards starting performance on U.S. soil, amongst large questions soundless hanging over whether gist from such plants could endure exported to the lucrative EU market.
The EU has been embroiled inwards recent months inwards a scandal some horse-meat contamination of processed beef products. Investigations conduct keep resulted inwards tens of millions of ready-to-eat meals beingness pulled from supermarket shelves in addition to a multinational probe into nutrient traceability.
Serious questions stay over the adequacy of traceability systems inwards the US, where horses are non raised equally nutrient animals. The Equine Welfare Alliance says it has information from the EU suggesting American Equus caballus gist volition non endure accepted.
Governor Fallin released a contestation afterwards signing the bill, maxim that inwards Oklahoma – equally inwards other states – abuse was tragically mutual amid horses reaching the cease of their natural lives.
“Many horses are abandoned or left to starve to death. Others are shipped out of the country, many to Mexico, where they are processed inwards potentially inhumane weather condition that are non regulated past times the U.S. government.
“Unfortunately, the 2006 federal ban on Equus caballus processing plants has made this province of affairs worse. After the implementation of that ban, the Government Accountability Office reported a threescore per cent increase inwards abused, neglected in addition to starved horses.
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture has likewise noted that over 166,000 horses were sent to Canada in addition to United Mexican States for processing but inwards 2012.
“These animals traveled long distances, inwards potentially inhumane circumstances, solely to encounter their cease inwards unusual processing plants that create non expression upwards the same grade of rule or scrutiny that American plants would.
“Those of us who help close the wellbeing of horses – in addition to nosotros all should – cannot endure satisfied amongst a status quo that encourages abuse in addition to neglect, or that rewards the potentially inhumane slaughter of animals inwards unusual countries.
“For that reason, I conduct keep today signed HB 1999, which would let the humane, regulated processing of horses. This mouth strictly prohibits selling Equus caballus gist for human consumption inwards Oklahoma.”
She continued: “My component subdivision diligently worked to ensure input from all sides of the number was carefully considered during the consideration of this bill. I appreciate in addition to back upwards the efforts of those who conduct keep expressed a wishing to donate land, coin in addition to resources to render for abandoned horses.
“I believe the management pursued past times the Oklahoma Legislature, inwards a mouth supported past times both Democrats in addition to Republicans in addition to passed past times large margins, is both practical in addition to humane.”
“There are currently no processing facilities inwards the state. Should at that topographic point always endure a processing facility planned, my direction volition run amongst the Department of Agriculture to ensure it is run appropriately, follows all province in addition to local laws, in addition to is non a burden or conduct a opportunity to the community.”
Fallin said it was mportant to notation that cities, counties in addition to municipalities soundless had the mightiness to limited their opposition to processing facilities past times blocking their structure in addition to performance at the local level.
The mouth takes number on Nov 1, 2013.
It was sponsored past times Representative Skye McNeil inwards the Oklahoma House of Representatives in addition to Senator Eddie Fields inwards the Senate. The mouth passed 82-14 inwards the House in addition to 32-14 inwards the Senate.
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