Slaughter Ban News Today

By Sathya Karunarathne and Pravena Yogendra The cabinet of Ministers approved the Bill to amend laws to ban cattle slaughter in the third week of October. While this is a contentious policy measure, it did not come as a surprise as the Prime Minister proposed the same policy just over a year ago

>> reporter: recently, congress lifted the ban. some say it actually caused more suffering. last year, 170,000 american horses were slaughtered in mexico and canada. recession-strapped horse owners, either abandoned or starved countless others, like charlie, who came to this horse rescue ranch on the brink of death. >> he had been starved to the point that he was just a skeleton. >> reporter: charles graham has saved scores of horses, yet he favors lifting the slaughter ban. >> if were going to ...

Suffering. last year, 170,000 american horses were slaughtered in mexico and canada. recession-strapped horse owners, either abandoned or starved countless others, like charlie, who came to this horse rescue ranch on the brink of death. >> he had been starved to the point that he was just a skeleton. >> reporter: charles graham has saved scores of horses, yet he favors lifting the slaughter ban. >> if were going to send 170,000 horses out of the united states to be slaughtered, we lose control o...

Once its hanging here, its already food. >> reporter: food to be sold for human consumption overseas. santos says he has no interest in selling horse meat to americans which remains illegal. evidence of horses being slaughtered under horrific conditions helped persuade congress to outlaw the $65 million a year u.s. industry in 2006. >> they smell blood. they panic. its not -- its pretty gruesome. >> reporter: recently congress lifted the ban. some say it actually caused more suffering. last year...