09/03/2026
Breaking News!!! Horse slaughter transport stopped, horses seized and the driver charged.
New Holland Horse auction a place where every Monday many horses are purchased by the kill buyer, Rotz Livestock, to ship to the only remaining plant in Canadian, Richelieu. Because the Mexico border is closed this is the only plant currently processing US horses. Each week Pipeline Pulls boots on the ground winning bids and pulling auction/slaughterbound horse’s.
On December 13, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed bills A5109/S2163B into law, banning the slaughter of horses throughout the state and making it illegal for any entity to transport horses in or through the state of New York if the horses are intended to be slaughtered for human or animal consumption. Despite this law shipments of horses have continued to be transported from Pennsylvania through New York and straight to the Viande Richelieu horse slaughter plant in Quebec, Canada.
According to several articles on Monday August 28, New York State Police were notified of a complaint regarding the transportation of horses through New York State and New York State Police investigated with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the nonprofit Animals’ Angels. The investigation focused on Rotz’s Livestock, owned by Bruce Rotz in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, over allegations that horses were being bought, tagged and shipped to Canada for slaughter.
On Wednesday, September 2, 2026, in the early morning hours a traffic stop led to an arrest after it was determined that horses were tagged for slaughter and being transported through the state in violation of the law. The driver was identified and was charged with violating New York law and the horses were taken into custody and placed under protection. The driver was issued an appearance ticket and is scheduled to appear in Court at a later date.
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