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[Carruthers]

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?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Anyway, could you eat a creature to which you, or someone else, has given a name?

Have many times. Gave all my pigs names, gave all my veal calves names, and the sheep was named Lambchop.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Have many times. Gave all my pigs names, gave all my veal calves names, and the sheep was named Lambchop.

Point taken, Bruce but there is a special bond we have with horses that we just don't have with other animals. I doubt Roy Rogers would have eaten Trigger.


There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. R S Surtees

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Point taken, Bruce but there is a special bond we have with horses that we just don't have with other animals. I doubt Roy Rogers would have eaten Trigger.

That's because Trigger was a valuable asset.
This horse was just a tool to be discarded when it broke.


These days horses are either pets, in a very few cases like cowboys or mounted cops, a working partner, or wild/domestic livestock(meat herds).
Remember we're talking about human consumption and horse meat being dry just begs for added bacon.