Mr. Michael Sheahan:

The unintended consequence is that, in the short term at least, there is no other facility to slaughter horses. I am not certain that the Department is going to be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat and come up with a solution to that in the short term. There are other operators who have in the past killed horses in slaughter facilities here. Perhaps somebody might think that an opportunity exists. On the other hand, this whole thing has become toxic because of what has been seen and I am not sure people will be rushing into it. I go back to the point that it is possible-----