Horse fajitas with pine nuts. Just a thought.
Here ya go Jaz.
Thank GAWD, Congress is FINALLY setting it’s priorities strait! /s
My schools served us horsemeat back in the 50’s and 60’s.
It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t beef. They also served mutton. Then there was mystery meat.......
When we refuse to hand over our horses to the big cats, then we end up harming their health.
I'd thought everybody was concerned that the big spotted cats were in danger of extinction ~ and Fur Shur horses aren't!
Barbaric. I’ll stick with the Bible’s directive: Cloven hooves
HSUS and PETA sensibilities aside, the suspension of domestic US slaughter inspection has had significant unintended impacts. Most notably, and as mentioned in this article, the simple abandonment of geriatric, malnourished, and diseased horses onto state or federal lands has become an issue all over the country.
Here in the midwest, I am aware of dozens of ‘rescues’ from public lands.
The humane slaughter of horses, with appropriate inspection for food safety, is much more preferable to those of us who are engaged in breeding, managing, and enjoying our horses. And, it frees up space in overtaxed equine rescue operations for the animals that are simply not suited for slaughter.
The idiots coming up with these feel-goody regulations never think things through.
PJ O’Rourke talked about a problem in Africa — I don’t know if it’s gotten better or worse — probably worse. It involves the big cats.
Back in the bad old days, a rich American hunter who wanted a trophy for his wall or a rug for his den, could take a safari in South Africa, bag a cat, and bring it home.
Well, the bunny huggers outlawed that to save the kitties, but the law of unintended consequences got to them.
It seems that there were a lot of big ranchers who made a good chunk of money catering to these hunters. They looked at the big cats as a resource and, while they took care to protect their livestock, they occasionally staked out an elderly goat or two in famine times to keep the cat population fed and stable.
When the law passed, and the American hunters stopped coming, the cats were no longer a resource, they were a nuisance. Farmers and ranchers started killing them whenever they encountered them. Females and kits included.
Bottom line — the big cat population declined drastically.
But hey, the bunny-huggers got to feel nice about things, so it’s all good. Right?
Great article, the issue is covered well. Hopefully there’ll be horse slaughter houses started again, it’s more humane than shipping them to Mexico or letting them starve to death.
My old man said it was good stuff, when you had the choice of horse meat are no meat.
Humane Society = crazed idiots who cause net harm to animals.
What authority does Congress have to engage this?
We’re going from Wagyu to Nag-yu.
We’re going from Wagyu to Nag-yu.