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US companies seek final approval to start slaughtering horses for food
foxnews.com ^
| March 20, 2013
| Barnini Chakraborty
Posted on 03/20/2013 4:00:28 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: TheThirdRuffian
The horses are private property of their owners to be used justly and fairly. No different than cows or anything else. Actually, horses are much different from cows or "anything else". Horses are not raised as meat animals in the US, they are raised as service and companion animals. As such... They have a lifetime of untracked veterinary medical treatment-- much of which would disqualify them from entry to any meat market. Horses and their medical histories are not tracked like cows and pigs. Since they aren't being raised for meat they often receive meds hat would ban them from any meat market if they were a cow or a pig.
The EU is just finding out now about chemically tainted horsemeat showing up all over Europe. if they think the US is a good source of horse meat they need a good education in horse husbandry in the US.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:24:56 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: ilovesarah2012
the companies misunderstood, he eats dogs....
To: ilovesarah2012
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:26:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:27:20 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: ilovesarah2012
I was slaughtering and dressing out chickens when I was not yet a teenager. Then we cooked and ate the chickens. They are food. A hen is about as personable as a lizard ~ maybe less so.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:27:23 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: ilovesarah2012
We can barely afford beef now.Obviously prices vary according to locality, but chuck steak is about $2 a pound on sale in NYC. I can't imagine it's more expensive elsewhere.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:28:57 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Unfortunate effect oof drinking tea instead of coffee today: Coulda sworn it was approval for slaughtering Nurses for food. Had to look again...
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:29:48 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: TheThirdRuffian
Well, the other option is for them to be herded into miserable cars, shipped to Mexico, and slaughtered with no regulation or oversite.
Sort of what seems to be in store for the Proletariat here in the USA under this administration.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:33:06 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: ilovesarah2012
I used to eat horse meat in Europe a fair amount back in the 80’s. Pretty tasty, actually.
I have no problem with the concept.
Now, man’s best friend? That’s another matter.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:33:22 PM PDT
by
x1stcav
(Man up! We're all going to have to become Samuel Whittemores.)
To: lacrew
My grandparents did their own slaughter. Sheep, mostly, and the odd pig. Cows were for milk and birds were for eggs.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:34:26 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
To: ilovesarah2012
Wouldnt surprise me if in the future we in America will be eating dogs.Unless you're going after strays (which would quickly disappear if the public acquired a taste for dog as a kind of game meat), dogs are way more expensive than cattle to raise for meat. This is true everywhere dog meat is sold for human consumption. And it makes sense. Dogs eat meat, whereas cattle eat grass or grain, which are cheaper than meat.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:35:11 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Ok, even with responsible ownership and the owner selling the horse when it is old and in good shape, the horse ends up in MEXICO and is slaughtered there. How about we keep the horse in AMERICA and give someone a job.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:35:14 PM PDT
by
taterjay
To: Hardraade
Coulda sworn it was approval for slaughtering Nurses for food.Nurse. It's the other white meat.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:37:00 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Hardraade
In Greece the situation is so bad that people are turning in their car license plates to the tax authorities as they can't afford food let alone gas.
Those that don't own cars are abandoning their donkeys.
Those with neither have abandoned children.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:40:17 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
To: spokeshave
In Korea they wok their dogs and turn them into Seoul food.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:43:53 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: ilovesarah2012
mmmmm — thoroughbred burgers, appaloosa steaks, pony pitas
Can’t wait
To: taterjay
You forgot got to mention, packed like a sardine in a trailer with no food or water, and slaughtered by the Mexicans God only knows how. All so that the nimrods at HSUS can raise more funds to raise funds, and the so that the people who send them those funds can feel good about themselves.
But what do I know? I only care about animals.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:52:06 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: muawiyah
The people who don't want horses slaughtered for food are the ones responsible for torturing and starving those same horses. Nonsense. It's people that have gotten a lifetime of service from a good horse and don't honor their end of the bargain, that just ship them away. It's not so hard or expensive to euthanize an old or sick animal. It's just part of the deal of being a horse owner. There are rescue outfits available to help those that truly can't pay for it.
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posted on
03/20/2013 4:53:06 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
To: stephenjohnbanker
Horses, dogs, cats...we are the world... : (
To: Zhang Fei
Where I live, there is no beef for $2 a pound. Chicken, yes, sometimes pork chops on sale for $2.49, but not beef anything. Maybe you’re getting horse meat.
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