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Horsemeat Timeline
December 11, 2007
Cavel announces that it
plans to appeal to the
Supreme Court, the deadline
for the request is January
18, 2008
September 21, 2007
A federal
appeals court in Chicago upheld the Illinois
law banning the slaughter of horses for
human consumption, shutting down Cavel again
July 18, 2007
Illinois' Cavel resumes Horse Slaughter Operations after being granted a motion at the US Court of Appeals for 7th
Circuit
July 5, 2007
Illinois Judge
upholds ban on horse
slaughter is constitutional
May 24, 2007
Illinois Governor
signs new law banning horse slaughter in
Illinois May 22, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court
denies hearing of the plants' petition to
overturn the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals' decision affirming Texas State Law
banning sale of horse meat for human
consumption May 22, 2007
Texas Bills
overturning law from 1949 fail as deadline
passed without a hearing
May 11, 2007
Amended bill goes to
Texas Senate, designed to
overturn law from 1949
April 18, 2007
Illinois House
approves banning horse slaughter
March 29, 2007
Federal Judge ruling
closes Texas and Illinois horse slaughter
plants as providing USDA inspectors is
violating federal law
March 9, 2007
Bills were filed in
the Texas House and Senate to overturn Texas
law from 1949 banning sale of horse meat for
human consumption
March 7, 2007
U.S. 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals upholds decision affirming
Texas State Law banning sale of horse meat
for human consumption
December 7, 2006
Prohibition on double-decker cattle trailers being used to
haul horses to slaughter goes into effect
September 7, 2006
H.R. 503 passes the
House
August 29, 2006
Willie Nelson joins campaign against horse slaughter
July 24, 2006
T. Boone Pickens Takes on Horse Slaughter; Legendary Oilman Calls Horse Slaughter 'Un-American'
March
30, 2006
Horsemeat toxin drug
alert - according to a report
from Belfast, Ireland
March
27, 2006
Dallas Crown sues
for temporary
injunction -
challenging order by
the city of Kaufman
for closure of the
local plant.
March 14, 2006
Federal judge
will not close horsemeat plant
March 10, 2006
USDA by law
has to quit paying for inspections at the horsemeat plants. Slaughterhouses start paying for inspections under questionable process.
They now pay $43.64 per hour to
USDA inspectors.
March 9, 2006
City of Kaufman orders
Dallas Crown to shut down. Deadline for closing doors is set to September 30, 2006.
February
21, 2006
Humane Society of the United States appeals to reinstate Texas law banning Sale of Horsemeat
March 9, 2006
City of Kaufman orders
Dallas Crown to shut down. Deadline for closing doors is set to September 30, 2006.
March 8, 2006
HSUS sues Mike Johanns, head of
the USDA over the USDA's "attempt to
buck Congress"
February, 2006
BLM (Bureau of Land Management) partners with the NCBA (National Cattlemen's Beef Association to sell large numbers of wild horses to them.
February, 2006
USDA has reviewed a petition
submitted by the slaughterhouses to
pay for inspection themselves. The
USDA reports it will allow inspection for a fee paid by the slaughterhouses; ignoring the new law.
November 29, 2005
At a board meeting in Kaufman, TX, the
location of Dallas Crown slaughter plant, the city declared the horse slaughter
facility a nuisance. A date of January 24 was set for another meeting to be held to amortize the investments made by Dallas Crown prior to 1998, the year they became a non-conforming entity.
November, 2005
Conference Committee Chairman
Bonilla modifies the
amendment by inserting "effective 120 days after date of enactment."
President George W. Bush then signs the
2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
which includes the amendments that will prohibit
the USDA from using tax money from being used on horse slaughter. Intending
to stop horse slaughter, as the
federal meat inspection act requires USDA paid inspectors for meat from
livestock for human consumption.
September 20, 2005
Senate passes
the
Ensign-Byrd amendment to the
2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
that will prohibit tax money from being
used on horse slaughter.
August 25, 2005
In the
Texas lawsuit, the
U.S. District Court ruled in favor of the horse meat plants and against the DA of Tarrant County, Texas.
June 8, 2005
House of Representatives passes
the
Sweeney-Spratt amendment to the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that will prohibit tax money from being used on horse slaughter.
The amendment intends to
stop the slaughter of American horses and their exportation for the purpose of slaughter for one
fiscal year.
February 1, 2005
U.S. Congressmen John Sweeney (R-NY), John Spratt, Jr. (D-SC) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY) introduce the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act,
H.R. 503.
November, 2004
Rep. Burns' amendment passes, buried in the agricultural bill. It is a permanent amendment forcing the BLM to ignore the adoption process for
captured wild horses and burros that have been unsuccessfully
offered for adoption twice or are past the age of 10 years old. It allows the BLM to sell them to any individual.
June 9, 2004
Cavel horse slaughter plant
in DeKalb, Illinois opens for business after rebuilding their burned plant.
May 28, 2004
Illinois House of Representatives votes no to a bill to ban Illinois horse slaughter for human consumption.
April 27, 2004
U.S. Senator John E. Ensign (R-NV) introduces the Senate version of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, S2352.
March 16, 2004
Actress
Bo Derek joins the National Horse Protection Coalition as spokesperson to end American live horse slaughter for human consumption in Europe and Asia.
October 28, 2003
National Horse Protection Coalition formed to stop the slaughter of American horses for human consumption *Names Nick Zito – Two-time Kentucky Derby winning trainer – as National Spokesperson.
October 1, 2003
Illinois State Representative Bob Molaro announces his intent to introduce an Illinois bill to ban live horse slaughter for human consumption.
September 3, 2003
The Northern Star (Northern Illinois University newspaper) reports that
Cavel International plans to rebuild DeKalb, Illinois live horse slaughter plant.
June 27, 2003
Greg Lawley, California Bureau of Livestock Identification confirms statistics indicating a 34% reduction in horse theft reports since California’s 1998 horse slaughter ban.
June 3, 2003
Texas legislative session ends; Betty Brown’s horse slaughter bill dies in a Senate committee. Some Texas State Senators say they received more letters and phone calls about the horse bill than for all other bills combined.
May 9, 2003
Results released from May 4-6, 2003 Mason-Dixon Polling & Research show 72% of polled Texas voters oppose live horse slaughter for human consumption.
February 26, 2003
Texas State Representative Betty Brown introduces HB 1324, a bill to legalize the two Texas live horse slaughter plants.
February 13, 2003
U.S. Congressmen John Sweeney (R-NY), and John Spratt, Jr. (D-SC) introduce the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, H.R. 857.
September 26, 2002
Beltex and Dallas Crown
sue in federal court to block prosecutors from closing the plants.
August 7, 2002
Texas Attorney General John Cornyn issues Opinion No. JC-0539 which affirms the Texas statute.
March 31, 2002
Cavel live horse slaughter plant burns in DeKalb , Illinois; cause undetermined. This left only two horse slaughter plants in the U.S. --- Beltex in Fort Worth and Dallas Crown in Kaufman , Texas.
February 13, 2002
Texas State Representative Tony Goolsby, Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, asks Texas Attorney General John Cornyn for an opinion as to enforcement of Texas Agriculture Code Section 149 which bans live horse slaughter for human consumption.
November 3, 1998
California voters outlaw live horse slaughter for human consumption.
July 21, 1997
Cavel live horse slaughter plant burns in Redmond, Oregon; arson suspected.
Timeline started by Mary Nash
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