.Horse meat.

[Matthew3590]

But if they use horses that are bred for the sole purpose of meat then their is not a problem.

 

[EweSheep]

Rusty I can understand where you are coming from but it is no different than we worm, vaccinate our livestock intend for meat. So are the milk cows loaded with hormones and we drink the milk.

Either way, it is going to be contaminated unless you raise them yourself or mustangs taken off the free range.

 

[chickenzoo]

I wouldn't eat horse meat, but I don't have problems with people who do... But I am not for slaughtering horses here either. Horses here are raised as pets, similar to dogs.... I wouldn't eat my dog either. I have a problem with killing animals that were pets.... wither it be cow, chicken, duck or goose if it was a pet. If it was raised from birth as a food animal, then that's different, but not a pet. People keep saying it is the closing of slaughter houses that led to the influx of horses... uh no,... it was the constant breeding of backyard horses and other horse industry's, and the poor economy. Many people can't afford to keep themselves let alone their horses. If you have a lame or dangerous horse... do what needs to be done and put them down. As an animal owner you owe them at least that and most people have spare bullets. I'm sorry but I don't say to a bad dog... you are aggressive and untrainable... ---- but I bet you'd be delicious. Their is just something inhuman about it. But that's just my opinion....

 

[chickened]

I heard that today on the radio...he actually did something right now people may quit dumping them. The BLM land in certain areas is overstocked with wild horses which by the way fit the description of invasive species but are viewed as icons to the West so it is OK... double standard to me.

 

[ChickenfootDuckbutt]

you are aggressive and untrainable... ---- but I bet you'd be delicious

I say that all the time to my cat Emry when she insists upon viciously/playfully biting me

sorry, had to say it

 

[Glenmar]

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I agree. This is a pet peeve of mine. Too many people putting average quality horses out there with little or no value.
No time to train or experience with young horses....etc......

 

[al6517]

 

[chickened]

I was doing a job on a road that led to a stable that baorded horses a few years ago and was amazed by what I saw. There was a young woman maybe 25 years old that showed up every morning and every night to feed and water the horses (about 30 ) she drove an old Ford Tempo that left a blue trail of smoke and sounded like it was low on oil, she had 3 kids in the car with no seatbelts on. I asked the stable owner about her. He told me she had 3 horses boarded there at 250.00 a month and she fed and watered twice a day 7 days a week for the savings of about 300.00 a month. She was on welfare, divorced, 3 kids and no job. I was stunned.

 

[Glenmar]

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All I can say is WOW. I think there are quite a few people like that. I have a horse boarded on my farm, the owner has not come up to see it since last spring.
She just sends the board checks. She has 2 little kids, and no time. I am not sure why she still has the horse. I guess it is just hard for some people to let go.

 

[herfrds]

Alright blame the breeders, but what is also being missed was the "buyers" who want that certain colored horse; that horse out of a certain mare or stud; that certain horse that might be the next high winning champion.
So all the blame should not go on the breeders.

As for eating them maybe some people should talk to the guys over in the Phillipines back in 1941. The Army ate their horses.

I agree about some of the medications out there used on horses. As for myself I know a person could not eat one of my horses due to a treatment he had after an injury. But for the wild horses that have overgrazed their range and are not being adopted it is a quicker death then starving or dying from lack of water.
If you also look at it as the possibility of someone eating for several days and not eating for several days I'm pretty sure they would not care what it was as long as they could eat or feed their family.