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V.Balasubramani
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Everyone has a 'sacred cow': Horse slaughter banned in the US
New York, Oct 11: Everyone has his 'sacred cow'. Even the American who ridicules the Indian's opposition to cow slaughter. Only the American's 'sacred cow' is the horse. Horse slaughter is effective banned in the US through a convoluted budget tactic while two bills are pending before the US Congress to make it permanent.
While the bill for an outright ban works its way through Congress, the present backdoor horse slaughter ban works like this: The budget that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama last year prohibited the Agriculture Department from spending money on inspecting horse slaughter houses. Without inspections, the slaughter houses cannot operate legally and that effectively banned horse slaughter.
Twenty Republican and 50 Democratic Representatives jointly introduced a bill in the lower house in April for an outright ban on horse slaughter and its export for butchering. Two senators from each of the two parties followed suit the next month and the bills are pending in Congress.
Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/internation...horse-slaughter-banned-in-the-us-1895888.html
New York, Oct 11: Everyone has his 'sacred cow'. Even the American who ridicules the Indian's opposition to cow slaughter. Only the American's 'sacred cow' is the horse. Horse slaughter is effective banned in the US through a convoluted budget tactic while two bills are pending before the US Congress to make it permanent.
While the bill for an outright ban works its way through Congress, the present backdoor horse slaughter ban works like this: The budget that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama last year prohibited the Agriculture Department from spending money on inspecting horse slaughter houses. Without inspections, the slaughter houses cannot operate legally and that effectively banned horse slaughter.
Twenty Republican and 50 Democratic Representatives jointly introduced a bill in the lower house in April for an outright ban on horse slaughter and its export for butchering. Two senators from each of the two parties followed suit the next month and the bills are pending in Congress.
Read more at: http://www.oneindia.com/internation...horse-slaughter-banned-in-the-us-1895888.html