date:Mar 22, 2013
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said Congress should come up with a better solution for handling unwanted horses than slaughtering the animals for meat for human consumption.
His comments came as USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service has five at least partially completed applications to slaughter horses for human consumption, probably only for export, under active review.
Rather than offering a specific alternative, Vilsack seemed to be thinking outside the box, saying horses migh