Cavel Loses Appeal to Overturn IL Anti-slaughter Law

It's a great day in the neighborhood if you live in DeKalb, IL--unless you're one of 60 employees who work at the Cavel slaughter plant.

It was a fabulous day for horses. The appeals court denied Cavel's attempt to overturn the Illinois law passed earlier this year to outlaw the slaughter of horses within the state's borders for human consumption abroad.

The DeKalb facility was the last such plant operating in the United States.

While the court's action will more than likely cause the facility to close, kill buyers are still free to transport horses to Canada and Mexico for slaughter for human consumption, primarily in Europe and Japan. The only way to permanently ban this practice is for Congress to pass a Federal law outlawing both the practice of slaughter and the transport of horses across U.S. borders for slaughter.

You can help by contacting your Representative and Senator NOW. See how they stand. Your elected officials are now back in Washington after spending time in their home districts.