DeKalb horse slaughterhouse's closing is likely permanent

Supreme Court declines to take case pursued by plant's owners seeking to overturn Illinois ban

By Joseph Sjostrom |Tribune reporter

12:08 AM CDT, June 17, 2008

DeKalb's Cavel plant, the last horse slaughterhouse in the U.S., ran out of legal options for reopening Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear its owner's challenge of an Illinois law that closed the facility last fall.

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