Mary Landrieu presses for bill to bar slaughter of horses for food

WASHINGTON — In a room full of adults, Brittany Wallace, 17, stood out for her emotional appeal Wednesday for legislation that would prohibit the sale or transport of horses across states or to other nations for slaughter and processing for human consumption.

Brittany, an equestrian rider, attended a news conference in which Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., announced the new legislation that comes following reports that the Department of Agriculture will approve a horse slaughtering plant in New Mexico. At the same time, European officials are investigating how horse meat was mixed into frozen food that was supposed to contain only beef or pork.

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