From the Kill Pen

From the Kill Pen

Are you sure you know what you're eating?

2016•1h 16m

DocumentaryDrama

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

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Production

Sila Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Paula Bacon

Herself

Milton Bagby

Narrator

Dean Bolstad

Himself

Alex Brown

Himself

Phil Carter

Himself

Neda DeMayo

Herself

A. Blair Dunn

Himself

Vickery Eckhoff

Herself

Lester Friedlander

Himself

John Holland

Himself

Sharon Levine

Herself

Patrick Meehan

Himself

Marika O'Brien

Herself

Bill Richardson

Himself

Natalie Rosskopf

Herself

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