Tag: government
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Congress Cuts Horse Slaughter Funding… Again
Friday is #notimpressed with Congress’ poor decision Just when I was starting to think that we might actually see horse slaughter in full-swing in the U.S., a process with many benefits, Congress actually works together to pass a bill. Go figure. Yesterday, Congress passed a spending measure which contains wording to eliminate funding for horse slaughter…
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Get Ready – Here Comes Horse Slaughter!
Here – you can listen to this while you read this. A little pep in your step. It seems that horse-slaughter starting up in the U.S. is not as far off as it may have seemed. Valley Meat Company in Roswell, New Mexico may only be weeks away from accepting horses for slaughter. The plant…
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Sequestration Is a Big Deal — Why USDA Inspectors Are Vital to the Meat Industry
image from here There’s a lot of hubbub about potentially furloughing all USDA meat inspectors for two weeks beginning on March 1. My friend Jenny, who has spent countless days working in her family’s meat locker, wrote a fantastic post about the potential impact of no inspectors in the meat plant for two weeks. Please…