All horses not just the mustangs which are supposed to be protected. Horse meat is full of toxins too. My horses all have had Bute & other drugs & people want to eat then? I would rather a vet put them down. I saved them & I surely would never let a slaughterhouse have them. I want to know what is going to be done to protect the towns & employee's from the odors & injuries which are always at slaughterhouses? And by the way if people think Americans are going to get work , I doubt it. Most Americans don't want to kill a horse for $9 & up. The places are so bad that the job turnover rate a few years ago was 80%.
I hope all is well with you, I love my little farm!
My daughter is really upset over this proposed law. She had 2 horses, one died after years of vet care. Even sent the horse to U of M vet school, it was something to do with the feet/hoofs I think. She loves horses. I don't think of them as food for humans either. Why aren't wild horses protected like other critters...If there are too many they can be culled but we don't round deer up for slaughterl, why horses... Some years tags are given out for some species that has grown too big for the area...same couldn be done with horses...
Its not a meat american's are used to but I understand some countries like horse meat. Culture is strange, cows roam the streets of India, some temples protect rats, some eat dog and cat...To me it all seems disgusting, but thats the culture I am in...I would never eat horse meat and there surely can be enough space for them after all we have enough space for the scum politicans to live..How much more pleasant to have horses than politicans roaming the land..