Efforts to reopen horse slaughter plants fail

Associated Press - May 22, 2007


AUSTIN (AP) - Turned away by the US Supreme Court and apparently denied reprieve by the Texas Legislature, the state's two horse slaughter plants appear likely to remain closed.

A midnight deadline Monday in the Texas House passed without a hearing given to a Senate bill that was expected to be amended to authorize the reopening of Dallas Crown in Kaufman and Beltex in Fort Worth.

In a second blow later that day, the US Supreme Court denied hearing the plants' petition to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that upheld a Texas law and effectively shut down the plants earlier this year.

Information from: Houston Chronicle, http://www.chron.com

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