[Iron Munro]

“Every year over 100,000 American horses are transported to Canada and Mexico to be slaughtered and their meat shipped to Europe for human consumption.
Horse meat is considered a delicacy in Europe costing around $20. per pound.”

“The horses from America (Canada & Mexico) that are slaughtered for food are race horses, show horses, trail horses, companions and pets.
Horse meat in America is considered taboo.
Horses are mostly considered pets in America thus the taboo for eating its meat.”

From: http://www.americanhorsemeat.com/

[forgotten man]

The San Diego Zoo buys a product called Nebraska Loaf. It is ground up horse with skin, bones, everything included. It is fed to the lions, tigers, and leopards. I suspect that some of the thoroughbreds from the Del Mar Racetrack wind up at the zoo.

[353FMG]

>Horse meat is considered a delicacy in Europe costing around $20. per pound.”<

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Horse meat is sold by special horse butchers and the best smoked meat anywhere is made of horse meat. All deep red meat without a trace of fat.

All pretty expensive meat and purchased only by the well-to-dos.

[RedMonqey]

From the site

There are reasons you might consider selling meat from race horses, show horses and pets as cruelty to the humans that eat itcThis is because most everyone in the horse meat industry is well aware of the fact that the horses being slaughtered have unknown histories.

As if every cow has an guarantee tag/sarc.

As a farming family we witness these loving pet owners aren't so fond of spending hundreds of dollars every week on these "hay burners" when the price of hay, grain goes up.

And with a willingly blind eye, sell, give away or abandon these creatures when the love/novelty wears off.

Its painful to see the hypocrisy....

[ansel12]

During the meat shortages during the Vietnam war, horse meat made a pretty good breakout during under Nixon.

I was surprised to see it fade away again so easily.