Because of their dedication to the welfare of all breeds of horses, AQHA and a group of other horse organizations filed an amicus curiae, or friend of the court brief, with the U.S. Supreme Court. In the brief filed April 16, the group is asking the United States’ highest court to overturn a federal appeals court decision upholding an Illinois law that closed a horse processing plant in Illinois.
The groups believe that some 60,000 horses have already been denied humane euthanasia because of the plant closing. While the organizations do not endorse slaughter or processing of horses, they do recognize the necessity of slaughter as a humane option for owners who do not have the means to properly care for horses that, for whatever reason, have become unwanted.
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