APHIS Amends Regs on Transport of Equines Bound for Slaughter
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule, effective October 7, 2011, amending the regulations regarding the commercial transportation of equines to slaughter. The rule adds a definition of equine for slaughter and makes other changes…
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in order to extend the protections afforded by the regulations to equines bound for slaughter but delivered first to an assembly point, feedlot, or stockyard. APHIS notes that since 2007, no commercial equine slaughter facilities have operated in the U.S. However, the amended regulations will apply to entities that transport equines within the U.S. for slaughter in Canada or Mexico.