Since all three U.S. horse slaughter operations were ordered closed last year, the number of घोड़े exported to Mexico for slaughter has exploded. As of Dec. 20, 2007, 44,475 घोड़े had been shipped to Mexico for processing for human consumption compared with 10,783 shipped at the same time in 2006—a 312 percent increase.

Especially troubling is the treatment of the घोड़े once they पार करना, क्रॉस the border into Mexico. In October, the Humane Society of the United States released a video दिखा रहा है the brutal stabbing death of a fully conscious horse at a Mexican slaughter facility. "It is time for this...