Slaughter of horses in U.S. could resume in MissouriSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The lunge whips, the saddles and the bridles are auctioned first. Then the horses are ridden into a small pen, under the glare of overhead lights: A black quarter horse. A gray Missouri fox trotter. A worn, 15-year-old chestnut gelding at the end of his better years. Buyers and curious onlookers, out for a Friday night, are packed into the stadium seats, a sprawling crowd in ...
Slaughter of horses in U.S. could resume, in MissouriSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The lunge whips, the saddles and the bridles are auctioned first. Then the horses are ridden into a small pen, under the glare of overhead lights: A black quarter horse. A gray Missouri fox trotter. A worn, 15-year-old chestnut gelding at the end of his better years.