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Carruthers · 05-13-2015, 09:41 AM

In the UK there is little domestic demand for horse meat. During times of great privation, eg the 1930s and WW2, it was eaten on the basis that it fended off starvation.
There is a cruel trade in exporting live horses for slaughter principally to Poland and other Eastern European states. Care of the animals is minimal and it is not unusual for several to die principally from falling over and being trampled in transit.

There are somewhat negative feelings towards horse meat consumption and the practices surrounding it here. Additionally, the horse is looked upon as a companion animal and people tend to view the species with great sentimentality, an offence to which I am happy to plead 'Guilty as charged, Your Honour'.
Anyway, could you eat a creature to which you, or someone else, has given a name?

05-13-2015, 09:41 AM	#14
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	In the UK there is little domestic demand for horse meat. During times of great privation, eg the 1930s and WW2, it was eaten on the basis that it fended off starvation. There is a cruel trade in exporting live horses for slaughter principally to Poland and other Eastern European states. Care of the animals is minimal and it is not unusual for several to die principally from falling over and being trampled in transit. There are somewhat negative feelings towards horse meat consumption and the practices surrounding it here. Additionally, the horse is looked upon as a companion animal and people tend to view the species with great sentimentality, an offence to which I am happy to plead 'Guilty as charged, Your Honour'. Anyway, could you eat a creature to which you, or someone else, has given a name? __________________ Last edited by Carruthers; 05-13-2015 at 09:46 AM.

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