New York’s comprehensive new law adds momentum to robust efforts to secure a national ban on the slaughter of American horses, including live exports to Canada and Mexico.
Thousands of horses, confined to crates and loaded into the cargo holds of airplanes, are shipped out of Canada each year, destined for international markets. As Ottawa mulls a proposed a ban on live exports for slaughter, horse activists and industry advocates are clashing over whether a ban is justified and the potential consquences.
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