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In France, horse falling off restaurant menus
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| December 16, 2009
| Sophie Taylor
Posted on 12/17/2009 2:39:39 PM PST by JoeProBono
PARIS - Many people love horses and traditionally, many French people have loved them even more with a side of salad. That passion, however, has slowed to a trickle in the last couple of years as crisis-hit French consumers buy less meat and years of campaigning by animal rights groups take effect. Looking to ram home their advantage, campaigners have launched a pre-Christmas blitz in Paris featuring posters of riding school ponies and graceful yearlings aimed at rending the hardest of hearts. "Every year in France, riding school horses like Caramel are sent to the abattoir," says one poster by the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, featuring a photo of a perky grey pony reflected in a knife blade.
"It disturbs us that people continue to eat horses at all and we are going to go on campaigning until people stop eating it altogether," said Constance Cluset, a spokeswoman for the animal welfare group created by the former actress.
Last year, 15,820 horses were killed for their meat in France, of which over 7,000 were imported from abroad.....
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TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: france; horse; jpb
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To: JoeProBono
When it comes to eating horse, I am a neigh sayer...
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:42:10 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.")
To: jessduntno
Cowboy: "Horsie, would you like some oats?"
Horse: "Aphew!"
To: JoeProBono
The French eat horses? Like I needed another reason to dislike them.
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:47:34 PM PST
by
BJClinton
("Worse" technically is "change".)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Hahaha...
If horse Keeps falling off the menu...
is it getting right back on?
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:48:42 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.")
To: BJClinton
“The French eat horses? Like I needed another reason to dislike them.”
I knew a French girl who’ father had a stable...
all the horsemen knew ‘er...
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:50:31 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.")
To: BJClinton
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:52:00 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: jessduntno
To: JoeProBono
The French have been revulting since their revolution.
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:53:07 PM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
To: jessduntno
10
posted on
12/17/2009 2:54:02 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
It was too rare...you could still see the whip marks...
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:55:25 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.")
To: Zuben Elgenubi
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posted on
12/17/2009 2:56:19 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~Winston Churchill
To: JoeProBono
Horse v Beef
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:05:03 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Zuben Elgenubi
Bread may feed my body, but my horse feeds my soul - Anon
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:11:26 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
It's putting a lot of horse farmers out of work.
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:11:57 PM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: Daffynition
Get The Hell Out Of France Prance
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:14:56 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:21:38 PM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: JoeProBono
Janet Street-Porter (and I have no idea who she is) on Grodan Ramsays “F” Word show almost got arrested for advocating eating horse meat. Apparently it is quite good.
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:26:12 PM PST
by
CaptRon
To: Daffynition
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posted on
12/17/2009 3:32:15 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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