ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – The owner of a New Mexico slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the nation since 2007 to handle horses after an outcry from politicians and animal ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- After months of legal wrangling and false starts in a more than two-year battle to resume domestic horse slaughter, plants in New Mexico and Missouri were working Monday to begin ...

Horse slaughter plants have become legal again, after Congress quietly unbridled restrictions on processing horse meat. President Barack Obama signed the enabling bill Nov. 18. Entities are already ...

BISMARCK - A legislative committee unanimously approved a state study of a horse slaughter plant in North Dakota on Friday after ranchers, horse breeders and veterinarians told of the need for a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Wyoming company that processes horse meat for human consumption is considering opening a plant in western Missouri after cost considerations and local opposition stalled plans for ...

A plan being advanced in the North Dakota Legislature likely will upset some horse enthusiasts and animal rights activists. Two state legislators are sponsoring a bill that could lead to construction ...

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) -- The cement-floor holding rooms and massive freezers are nearly ready for the horses, two years after fire destroyed the only horse slaughtering plant in Illinois and one of only ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When Deborah Peterson laments that “horse slaughter gets all the attention” ("Crackdown on cattle-rustling pays off," July 19), I ...

When we asked readers whether they think horse-slaughtering plants should be allowed in Montana, the Question of the Week became one of the most commented we've ever had. As of Friday afternoon, the ...

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — The group behind a proposed horse slaughter facility in Eastern Oregon says it suspects the city of Hermiston coordinated with animal-rights groups in its fight to keep the ...

ROSWELL, N.M. — The owner of a slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the nation since 2007 to handle horses after an outcry from politicians and animal activists. Valley ...