UPDATE: Missouri senators approve of horse slaughterhouses

Thursday, March 5, 2009 | 5:25 p.m. CST; updated 6:27 p.m. CST, Thursday, March 5, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri senators voiced support Thursday for the renewal of horse slaughtering in the United States, decrying "do-gooder" animal rights activists and touting the benefits of horse meat as food.

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