with taxpayer dollars don t cooperate with us. shannon: we know this is far from over. congressman, thank you for making time for us today. we will continue to follow you as you follow the trail. thank you, sir. thank you very much. shannon: some animal rights activists supporting a move that could potentially allow horses to be slaughtered in the u.s. but they are trying to prevent animal cruelty. doug mcellay explains. 70 horses confiscated because of neglect. many near death before the rehabilitation at the rescue farm. the fate far better, though, than the hundreds of thousands of horses slaughtered in the u.s. for human consuming abroad. under pressure from animal rights groups the domestic slaughter industry was ended in the u.s. in 2007 when congress stopped funding for usda inspection of horse slaughter houses. it turned out to be a law of