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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/montana_farm_bureau_supportive_of_horse_slaughterhouse/8266/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: House Bill 418, which would encourage potential investors to open a horse slaughterhouse in the state, has garnered support from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. The bureau's Equine Committee Chair Mark Cole testified in favor of the legislation Thursday. “If Montana could establish a horse processing facility, it would be a great benefit to Montana and to the equine businesses in our state,” noted Cole, who lives on a family ranch in Hysham where he raises paint horses and quarter horses. “As it is, horses now have to be shipped to Canada or Mexico, which puts unnecessary strain on an already ailing horse.” Passions are running high for and against welcoming a slaughterhouse to the state. Apparently, the Capitol has received more than 15,000 comments on the bill. The last horse slaughterhouse in the country shut down in Illinois in 2007. Now along with Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming lawmakers have proposed bills that could make it easier to reopen one. Read the full press release from the Farm Bureau after the jump: