From the Kill Pen

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From the Kill Pen

"Are you sure you know what you're eating?"

2016

1h 16m

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Horse slaughter is more than inhumane. It's big business.

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Paula Bacon

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Milton Bagby

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Dean Bolstad

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Alex Brown

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Phil Carter

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Neda DeMayo

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A. Blair Dunn

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Vickery Eckhoff

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Lester Friedlander

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John Holland

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Sharon Levine

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Patrick Meehan

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Marika O'Brien

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Bill Richardson

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Natalie Rosskopf

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