Bid in New Mexico to have horse meat declared “unqualified”
The Humane Society of the United States of America in addition to Front Range Equine Rescue bring filed a legal petition alongside the New United Mexican States Environmental Improvement Board requesting that it adopt a dominion that renders whatever Equus caballus “unqualified” for role every bit nutrient for human consumption.
The petition states that horses are dissimilar than traditional nutrient animals because Americans to a greater extent than ofttimes than non create non heighten horses every bit food, in addition to horses are ofttimes treated during their lifetimes alongside drugs that are banned past times United States of America authorities, including phenylbutazone.
“The entirely manner to protect the nutrient provide in addition to the consuming populace is for the board to declare Equus caballus meat to hold upwards unqualified, unless the butchery (or its agent) receiving or buying the Equus caballus tin hand the axe unequivocally demonstrate that the horses bring non e'er received substances prohibited for role inward nutrient animals,” the groups said inward a statement.
Jonathan Lovvorn, senior vice president of brute protection litigation for the humane society, said: “The killer-buyers who start out horses for slaughter from random sources typically bring no work concern or cognition nearly the horses’ prior history earlier transportation them off to inhumane deaths inward slaughter facilities.
“Slaughtering horses inward New United Mexican States would non entirely seat horses through a gruesome in addition to traumatic death, simply it would seat consumers at opportunity of consuming tainted meat.”
Hilary Wood, president of Front Range Equine Rescue, said: “American horses are to a greater extent than ofttimes than non not raised for human consumption, in addition to Equus caballus owners hand them a diversity of medications in addition to products making them unfit for consumption.
“Horse slaughter does nix to eliminate the abandonment or abuse of horses.”
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