Part 2: The State Of U.S. Horse Slaughter: The Long Bridge To Nowhere
There are currently four Canadian slaughterhouses and three in Mexico. At either border, the horses are unloaded for processing and then re-loaded into a sealed trailer bound for their final stop. The conditions in which they ship and the distance they travel are just a few of the problems with the current slaughter pipeline.
Though double-decker trailers are illegal for shipping horses once they’ve been designated “for slaughter,” they’re still used before horses are headed directly to the plant. Photo by iStock.