Becky
Posted on 09/04/2006 8:05:25 AM PDT by gate2wire
A national public opinion survey found that 69% of Americans are against killing horses for human consumption. The findings come just a week before the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill that would end horse slaughter for human consumption. The poll was conducted among 800 likely voters Aug. 9-13 by Public Opinion Strategies, and has a margin error of plus or minus 3.46%. It also found that 71% of Americans believe that horses are part of America's culture and deserve better treatment, but that 64% felt it was important not to pass judgment on the eating habits of other cultures.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bloodhorse.com ...
Well the Hindu's don't eat cows, but you don't see them telling us not to eat Steak.
Horses are simply another food animal ~ nothing more, nothing less.
Congress has no business dictating what meats people in this country can eat.
Or, bring back the wolves (or, simply turn packs of dogs loose on them).
Our culture has room for plenty of diversity in it. Some folks want to feed carrots to horses. Other folks want to eat the carrots themselves. Others want to roast horsemeat with carrots.
Freedom demands the right to do such things. Absent horseslaughter in this country, we are little more than a fascist dictatorship that derives more pleasure from slaughtering its young than in any other activity.
50% of Americans live in Blue states and 71% believe meat comes from the grocery store. Most believe in UFOs and abortion. Doesn't make them right.
I don't see the difference in eating cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, dove, quail, deer, giant kudu, or horses.
Apparently for any consumption. My old dog was able to have horse meat. Twenty years later my new dog doesn't get the same luxury.
Oh boy...where's the popcorn smiley:)
Becky
Becky
We adopt, and push for the adoption of cultural values into law all the time. I could give you examples of pet cultural issues FReepers would like to make laws about, but that would just complicate the debate.
It's against my values to ship horsemeat to France. We argue about our pet issues, sometimes make laws, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose, but that's life in a wealthy bored country that has time to worry about the finer things. :~)
It's an animal with knobby knees.
You khow, we didn't have this problem until we started letting in all these immigrants.
True, I don't think the indians shipped any horsemeat to France.
Alas, the French were already here before we let in all the English speakers and their little friends who think horsies are so cute (and unedible). The French, the Indians, and the Spanish were chowing down fine on those animals without the help of the English.
Eat it, it'll feed you for a week before it goes rancid (in those days). Train it and ride it, and it can help you hunt and eat for many many years.
Have a nice day :~)
Breed it, and you'll have both a new horse and meat for the winter in due course.
Horses are pretty inefficient to breed for meat. They have an 11 month gestation during which you have to feed up the mare, and then they drop a foal that is all legs and bone and have to feed both. They don't reach mature weight for 2 years, much slower growing than cattle, and more expensive to feed.
Not a problem when your alternative is to ride a reindeer.
I think this conversation has worn out it's usefulness :~)
Still, they are not all that good for riding and are worthless in Summer weather.
It's taken a couple of years but I now have some good sources available for reindeer meat.
To me, it makes no sense to slaughter millions of dogs in dog pounds and then just throw their bodies away. Why not sell the dead dogs to people who want dog meat, and then use the profits to build bigger shelters that can keep the dogs alive for longer? It's better for the dogs and it's better for the people who like to eat dogs.
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