Horse slaughter plants have become legal again, after Congress quietly unbridled restrictions on processing horse meat. President Barack Obama signed the enabling bill Nov. 18. Entities are already ...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on the horse processing plant industry. Look for links to the subsequent parts at the end of this article. Horse processing plants could make a ...

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – The owner of a New Mexico slaughterhouse is defending his plan to become the first plant in the nation since 2007 to handle horses after an outcry from politicians and animal ...

State Rep. Ed Butcher is confident that investors he’s working with will be able to open several horse-slaughtering plants in the United States, possibly including one in Montana, despite the loss of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Regarding "Slaughterhouses can process horses, appeals court says" (Dec. 15): There is nothing natural about eating horse meat!

It might not have been the most appealing work: butchering hundreds of horses each day to fill dinner plates in Europe. But Rockville, Mo., population 166, needed jobs. So residents had embraced ...

Editor's note: This is the first of a three-part series on the horse processing plant industry. Watch for the Saturday and Sunday editions of the Telegraph for more on this issue. Horse processing ...

A North Dakota lawmaker is pushing a bill that would set money aside to study whether the state should process unwanted horses. Rep. Rod Froelich, D-Selfridge, is sponsoring a bill that would direct ...

Two years ago, the last horse-slaughter plant in the U.S. was shut down in Illinois. A few months after that, the economy started a descent into what is now the longest recession since World War II.

ROCKVILLE, Mo. - The primary backer of a proposed horse slaughtering operation in western Missouri said she isn't giving up, even though plans have stalled because of legal problems surrounding the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Wyoming company that processes horse meat for human consumption is considering opening a plant in western Missouri after cost considerations and local opposition stalled plans ...