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 ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- After months of legal wrangling and false starts in a more than two-year battle to resume domestic horse slaughter, plants in New Mexico and Missouri were working Monday to begin ...

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 ...

*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!

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.

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 ...

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 ...