Does Mexico Slaughter Unwanted Horses?
Horses are still being sent to slaughter, across our borders into Canada and Mexico, and the number of American horses sent to slaughter has not decreased since domestic plants closed in 2007.
How do horses get slaughtered in Mexico?
Some of the horses that go to Mexico are slaughtered in an EU inspected plant, but many others to local abattoirs. In their plants, they are killed with the puntilla. The puntilla is a short knife that is used to sever the spinal cord in a fully conscious animal.
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How many horses are slaughtered in Mexico each year?
Horse Slaughter Abroad Looking at data from 2012 to 2016, an average of 137,000 American horses were trucked over our borders each year to slaughter facilities in Mexico and Canada. In 2020, that number dipped to under 40,000.
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What happens to horses in Mexico?
Mexican and U.S. horses are kept separate during travel but are processed at the same facilities. ... A federal seal is placed on the horses at the border. They are then shipped for 10 to 12 hours to one of the two federal inspection type, or TIF, plants in Zacatecas.
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