Supreme Court Won't Hear Horse Slaughter Case

By Margaret Lyons in News on Jun 16, 2008 4:25PM

Horse slaughter for human consumption shall remain illegal in our fine state, now that the SCOTUS has declined to hear Cavel International's appeal. Cavel's DeKalb horse-slaughtering facility shut down last year after Illinois passed a state law banning the practice.

Previously: Zoo animals enjoyed horsemeat cakes, local horse Smokey painted, we covered the plant's closing (a few times), Governor Blagojevich said he felt like "the little boy with a pile of horse manure" (in a good way), and we watched in horror as Eight Belles was euthanized. [Humane Society, AP, photo by visual panic]