A Practical Guide to Equine Law for Lawyers and Horse Owners
On January 23, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that while states may be able to enact laws banning the slaughter of horses, states cannot impose their own laws governing how animals are handled and processed at federally-regulated slaughterhouses. A link to the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion can be found here.
This opinion was…
The issue of horse slaughter is on my mind today after reading a news story about the introduction of a U.S. Senate bill proposing the recommencement of horse meat inspection funding. That’s when I poked around on the Internet a bit and found the "Haters List".
In case you haven’t seen it, the blog Wild…
