Illinois Rep. Jim Sacia is a horse owner, and while he stated in an article that he would not personally use slaughter plants as an end-of-life choice for his animals, he believes that decision should be left up to individual horse owners.
Sacia is sponsoring a bill in the Illinois General Assembly to lift the state's ban (enacted three years ago) against commercial horse slaughter.
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