Mountain Grove, Mo., rejects plant to slaughter horses for meat - KansasCity.com

Mountain Grove, Mo., rejects plant to slaughter horses for meat - KansasCity.com


Mountain Grove, Mo., rejects plant to slaughter horses for meat
Backers of the plan are reportedly still looking for a site in southwest Missouri.

BY DONALD BRADLEY
The Kansas City Star

No horse slaughter plant for Mountain Grove, Mo.

That’s fine with folks there. In a public meeting last week, they shouted down the plan for an operation that would kill up to 400 horses a day with the meat — roasts, briskets and steaks for human consumption — going to Europe and elsewhere. Another meeting was held Monday.

On Tuesday, Unified Equine, run by a Wyoming state legislator named Sue Wallis, and Chevideco, a Belgian company, announced they would look elsewhere.

The message from Mountain Grove?

“Go home!” attorney Cynthia MacPherson, who led the city’s attack, told The Star on Tuesday. “If we have a horse problem we’ll solve it ourselves. We don’t need her (Wallis) and a Belgium company coming in here.”

Wallis could not be reached for comment. But she told a Springfield TV station that the backers remained committed to finding a location in southwest Missouri.

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