That's good news.  But let me tell you there is odd, ignorant, peculiar news to be found in this article as well.  I almost thought the "good news" category wasn't right for it.

Some of the odd stuff that almost makes it not necessarily good news:

First, the title of this article.  Ugh, the media!  What they won't do to get a reader/viewer is apparently a very tiny list.   

Horse Slaughtering: The New Terrorism? ... Yep, that's the title.

Second, democrat or republican or no political bent at all... this particular issue is one that needed attention, regardless of what else *also* needs attention.  Politicians are the whiniest bunch! 

Third, uhmm, eewww!  Horsemeat a delicacy?  I remember stories and old movies that indicate from bygone days that having to eat horsemeat was out of necessity - not because anyone favored it.  Ick.

Fourth, grrrrrrrr.  "Here's the issue: about 90,000 horses are sent each year to three plants in this country (two in Texas and one in Illinois, all foreign owned), where they're slaughtered and the meat is shipped to restaurants in Europe and Asia." 

I hate it that two of these places are in my state.  And the fact that it's foreign owned companies burns me up.  Go do this on your own soil.  Oh wait, that would mean increased cost because you'd have to ship the horses further to be slaughtered and profit would go down.  And oh wait again, that would mean some of the "created jobs" we hear so much about annually would disappear.  Too bad.

I digress, but has anyone besides me given any thought to that "created jobs" thing?!  "We created X amount of jobs this year."  Is there really a need to create jobs when there are plenty of jobs to be done?!  Cut the creating and just get busy, I say.

Fifth, sigh... can't common sense just prevail?  Many are in support of this ban for probably obvious reasons but there are just as many who are not in support of it.  Those not in support are people with big bucks to gain and big bucks to lose.  For instance - State cattlemen's associations, pork and poultry producers, and farm bureaus oppose the measure.  Why?  Because it may make it so that it can be said if we shouldn't slaughter horses then we also shouldn't slaughter, say, pigs.  The American Veterinary Medical Association has come out against the ban because they think it will lead to an overabundance in unwanted horses and possibly more abuse to them because they may then be shipped to unregulated slaughterhouses overseas.

The Senate is expected to take up the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act later this Fall.

I say, can't we just prevent 'cruelty for the sake of someone overseas having a hankering for the taste of horsemeat and some foreign-owned company making a profit from providing that from our soil' because it needs preventing?