Posted on 03/20/2013 4:00:28 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
About eight miles outside of Roswell, N.M., a shuttered cattle farm is getting ready to reopen its doors. Only this time, the Valley Meat Co. won’t be killing cows. It hopes to be the first U.S. farm to start slaughtering horses for human consumption.
Not far behind could be plants in Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma.
Across the country, companies are applying for permits with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to kill horses for food – a practice Congress ended in 2007. The measure to stop the slaughters, though, lapsed in 2011 and now companies are clamoring to get back into the game.
“We’re getting ready,” Valley Meat Co. attorney A. Blair Dunn, told FoxNews.com.
But it hasn’t been an easy road, with public opposition still strong to the idea of horse-slaughter resuming in the U.S., though the current plans would be geared toward exporting the meat to other countries.
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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.
the companies misunderstood, he eats dogs....
Ping!
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.
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.
Unfortunate effect oof drinking tea instead of coffee today: Coulda sworn it was approval for slaughtering Nurses for food. Had to look again...
Sort of what seems to be in store for the Proletariat here in the USA under this administration.
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.
My grandparents did their own slaughter. Sheep, mostly, and the odd pig. Cows were for milk and birds were for eggs.
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.
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.
Nurse. It's the other white meat.
Those that don't own cars are abandoning their donkeys.
Those with neither have abandoned children.
In Korea they wok their dogs and turn them into Seoul food.
mmmmm — thoroughbred burgers, appaloosa steaks, pony pitas
Can’t wait
But what do I know? I only care about animals.
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.
Horses, dogs, cats...we are the world... : (
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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