I have eaten it!!!
Posted on 10/23/2007 3:02:28 PM PDT by tuffydoodle
It is one of the biggest issues the American Horse Council is dealing with and Dave Howell, chairman of the American Horse Council’s State Horse Council Advisory Committee tells Brownfield it is really big.
“So today we are facing over 212,000, documented starving horses in the United States,” said Howell.
Brought about by the horse slaughter ban, the issue is one that no one seems to have an answer for - not even the American Horse Council.
“We have cases where they have been turned loose in parks, they’ve been turned loose in coal mine areas, they’ve been turned loose on private property, but until the public becomes aware we have a crisis I don’t think we’re going to get any reaction because most people feel like, hey this animal is a beautiful animal, it’s a pet and we need to protect it, not realizing it weighs 1200 pounds, takes a bale of hay a day, takes and acre and a half per horse to feed, what are we gonna do with the unwanted horse, we don’t know, we don’t have an answer,” Howell said.
That’s not saying the American Horse Council isn’t working on the issue, because they are. They’ve formed an unwanted horse coalition to educate horse owners and they are developing proactive plans to take care of the horse.
Horse is delicious.
I’ve eaten it in Kazakhstan.
No joke.
***weighs 1200 pounds, ***
another question people don’t talk about... What are you going to do with this pet weighing 1200 lb when it dies?
Ever try to drag one? or dig a hole for one? Just think, 212,000 of them.
Banning horse slaughter was a bad idea, based on emotion rather than reason. A lot of horses are being sent down to mexico for slaughter, I’m not even going to mention how they do it compared to here.
Don’t wait ‘til it dies. Horseburger, anyone?
Works in lots of countries. But in our PC/PETA dominated legal system, horses cannot be exported to be converted into horsemeat.
Too much sentimentality about ol’ Horace Horseneck.
Am I wrong?
It was a bad idea....and it was based on emotion.
The animals are a lot worse off than they were before.
This is what happens when “bleeding hearts” over-rule
vets, ranchers and farmers.
Can children eat horse? of course, of course. If they’re hungry enough. But they’re so pretty! Of course, of course. $60K pickup and $40K trailer to haul them around at $3.00 gas for what? To show that they’re pretty. Get a life and eat the GD things. They’re tastier than cats. Woodchucks are a close second.
Thank you for your voice of sanity.....
I have eaten it!!!
Be assureed if there was any possibility of an equine voting block... 
the Democrats would have then signing up for drivers licenses!
I’d turn them loose in the “Progressive” areas of major cities across the country.
Not to self: Proof read and use spell checker!
What are you going to do with this pet weighing 1200 lb when it dies? ....... dog food? glue?
I’ve never eaten horse myself, but I bet my dogs would love it.
I love horses, always have and always will, but I’m also realistic about them. I knew banning horse slaughter was going to be a disaster from the git-go.
My dogs fight over my stallions balls when the vet cuts them off.
oh no Wiiiiilbuuuuur what’s the backhoe doing backing up to my barn?
We were given an old horse and were unsuccessful getting it nursed back to health. After it assumed room (pasture) temperature, we called all over the place trying to find one of the guys that -used- to pick dead ones and haul them to the rendering plant. No takers. We found one place that would bury it for $150. Ended up dragging it to the back with a tractor for the buzzards and coyotes.
I was deployed to Uzbekistan 2003-04. Ate locally many different kinds of `shashlik’.
Where was this photo taken? BTW, UZ is one meat eating place. The Uzbek national diet is very pro-Atkins.
;^)
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