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A North Dakota lawmaker is pushing a bill that would set money aside to study whether the state should process unwanted horses.

Rep. Rod Froelich, D-Selfridge, is sponsoring a bill that would direct $100,000 to study the possibility of opening a processing plant - otherwise known as a slaughterhouse - for unwanted horses in North Dakota.

Froelich said in light of federal regulations as well as Illinois and Texas closing the only horse processing plants in the nation, the number of abandoned horses have skyrocketed while the plants that accept horses have moved to other countries.

"People used to have a market for unwanted horses," Froelich said. "The value of them has plummeted to nil."

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