<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A resolution<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>memorializing Congress to oppose federal legislation that interferes with a state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>ability to direct the transport or processing of horses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>WHEREAS, the processing of horses has become a controversial and emotional issue and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>has resulted in the closing of all horse processing facilities throughout the United States; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>WHEREAS, federal legislation was introduced to amend the 1970 Horse Protection Act to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>or donation of horses and other equines for processing and other purposes; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>WHEREAS, the loss of secondary markets has severely affected the livestock industry <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>by eliminating the salvage value of horses and has significantly reduced the market value of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>all horses; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>WHEREAS, prohibitions on the processing of horses have resulted in significant increases <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>in abandoned and starving animals and have had significant economic impact on the entire <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>equine industry; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>WHEREAS, the increase in unwanted or unusable horses has overwhelmed private animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>welfare agencies and the public's ability to care for surplus domestic horses; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>WHEREAS, the annual number of unwanted or unusable surplus domestic horses is <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>estimated to be 100,000; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>WHEREAS, issues related to the humane handling and slaughter of surplus domestic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>horses are best addressed by proper regulations and inspection and not by banning or exporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>the issue; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>WHEREAS, state agriculture and rural leaders recognize the necessity and benefit of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>state's ability to direct the transport and processing of horses; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>Congress of the United States to oppose federal legislation that interferes with a state's ability to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>direct the transport or processing of horses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the state of Minnesota is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United States, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.<br />
         		
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