Did you know horses are raised for meat in the U.S.????

Question

They are then shipped to Calgary where up to 114 are loaded on a plane and shipped to Japan. They are bred strictly for meat. They are butchered within 3 days in Japan and are worth close to $20,000.00 each.

Answer 1

I knew that. And the hooves are made into glue and other stuff. The hair is made into a lot of things. And the meat is also used for dog food.

The guy on the "Weird Foods" show says horse is delicious.

He ate some at an Icelandic meat market on an episode yesterday.

Answer 2

You are full of it.  It is as simple as that.  This is more lies set up by animal rights activists.

Answer 3

How can this atrocite be stopped? If you are a horse lover and choose to ignor the situation rather than do something about it, you are as much a horse murderer as the men who butcher the horses. All horse lovers must band together to stop the inhumane slaughter of horses!

Answer 4

yea, and in australia  we jkust have a horse slaughter house, where people who have horses that didnt win a comp or got to old, send there horses. we have a** holes here to,

did u also know in japan they have dog slaughter houses 2??

Answer 5

Actually...they're not raised for meat.  "Raised" implies that they are bred and, well, RAISED specifically for that purpose, like beef cattle.  Horses are not raised for meat in the US.  Many US horses end up in Canadian and Mexican slaughterhouses, to be sure, but none are raised for meat.  Backyard breeders are ensuring that raising horses for meat never becomes necessary *grumble*

"They are butchered within 3 days in Japan and are worth close to $20,000.00 each."

WHAT?  Where the heck are you getting this information?  Good heavens.  Horse meat isn't a delicacy anywhere in the world.

Answer 6

wow those horses live a great life!!!

what a******s. horses should be bred

for competeing or just being a good pet

not for our selfesh

needs.

Answer 7

This is off the subject, but........THE US GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO KILL THE WILD HORSES IN NEVADA!!!

What can we do? Let's focus on this because those are percious few wild horses need to be protected.

Answer 8

they are made into dog chow and glue.  I bet you thought they were only good for racing.

Answer 9

Yes, i think most people do. The reason they are shipped to other countries is because horse slaughter was banned in the USA. So now those horses have no where to go. And the ones being bred have to suffer there whole life, take longer to get to where they need to go, and die in an unhumanly way. Most people are glad that horse slaughter was stopped in the US. I for one am not. I think the law should have changed to have it done humanly. We slaughter cows, and chickens, and all sorts of other animals. I can see why people dont want to kill horses for meat. They are talented animals, they can jump, do neat tricks, and make a little girls dream come true. But not every little girl can or wants a horse. So what happpens to those horses. Lets see, some starve, die of dehadration, get killed unhumanly, let go to fend for themselves, get abused, oh and get shipped to another country so they can be killed and eating. Well good job to the people that stopped horse slaughter in the USA!

God put animals on the earth for us to eat. YES THAT INCLUDES HORSES! Just because humans have the design of horses carying them, doesnt change why they are really here. Most people may not like that fact but its true.

Im sick of hearing that horse slaughter is not humane. They it is done sometimes no its not. But overall eating them is Gods well natured plan.

I love horses, and i have a horse. I willl never eat horses. But its something the world needs. Think if no one was allowed to shoot deer, how many would be overpopulated and die from that. Or people not being able to raise pigs and cows to eat. What would you do without your backen in the morning? Its the same thing expet people love horses. well gues what people have cows that they love! and pigs! and all animals. Just because you think that since horses can carry people they should not be allowed to end there suffering. Thats just sick!

Why would you want an older horse to live out his life suffering! Or a sick one, or a starving one, or one that is going to die no matter what you do. how could you let an animal suffer just because you think horse slaughter is wrong?!

Answer 10

Your a youtube wonder too aren't ya ....

This is too stupid to even respond to.

Answer 11

And your point is?

Answer 12

Many are auctioned off and shipped to Mexico, alive, in the back of giant transport trucks.  They go for days without any food or water under the hot sun.  Then when they get to their destination, they stagger off the truck, often fall, are picked up and thrown with tractors and are taken to a meat processing plant.

It is disgusting and it is wrong!

As far as horses slaughtered for meat in the USA, it is happening less and less.  There were actually pretty humane slaughterhouses in the USA across the Midwest until extreme animal activists got them shut down.

Answer 13

I ate horse steak in France..it was really nice.

I am a horse lover and have many, but i can separate.....eg i have a a few cows, most are for eating, one id called Geraldine and she will never be eaten because she;s a pet....these horses were bred for that purpose, well fed and treated properly....

Answer 14

And in France you can order it right from the menu.

What is your point?

By the way - they are not worth 20,000 each.  At least not in US dollars.  20,000 yen (2,000 US).

Answer 15

Horses are not raised for meat..the horses that are sent to slaughter are the "throw aways" theres no where else for these horses to go except the meat men. Horse auctions with "meat horses" go on all over the USA.

Horsejumper.....let me clarify things for you.

Horse Slaughter in America is still going on. Slaughter is very inhumane way of death to any animal, the animal literally feels its self being slaughtered, they scream and flinch at every murderous manuver.  Pigs are extremely intellengent animals more so then horses and every animal is killed inhumanly for the "dinner plate" Watch some slaughter house videos, you'll see. The world doesnt need murder...it needs compassion! Hunters pay for hunting licenses are only allowed to take (kill) a certian number of animals a year. Every Hunting License purchase helps the Department of Natural Resources. So slaughtering horses has nothing in common with hunting deer.

What would you do without bacon in the morning?...have clean arteries :) Horse slaughter is wrong because its done without any care or concern for the animal. A bolt gun is supposed to be shot through the head, into the brain of an animal but many, many times this procedure is done incorrectly and the animal is sent down, hanging from a chain by their back legs, still alive..feeling its self being slaughtered. USDA needs to enforce regulations! There is humane euthinasia, which is an injection and the horse/animal "falls asleep". I just wanted to clairify some things for you, Im not trying to be mean to you.

Answer 16

hehehehe... my mom used to tell me that roast beef was horse meat : )

I believed her for the longest time too : P

Answer 17

So....is this like, a tip on how to make money, or something?

Answer 18

Did you know there are some places in this world where murdering women and little girls isn't even considered a crime?  

Their husbands and fathers can shoot, behead, beat them in the street, and no one would even call the cops.  (Divorce is too difficult.  It's easier for a loving husband to pour gasoline or kerosene on his wife and set her on fire.  This happens EVERY SINGLE DAY)

There are places where rape is considered THE WOMAN'S FAULT!!!

She is punished, sometimes by death, if she allows a man to "dis-honor" her.  ALLOWS!!!  Can you believe that?!?  Someone holds her down, forces her to endure the greatest pain a woman can endure, then blames her for it.

Un-believable!

Did you know that right now in certain parts of Africa, the AIDS virus is running so rampant, it's killing people by the 100's every single day?  1000's of children are orphaned, and worse, INFECTED with the virus.

Did you know genocide is the leading cause of death in some parts of the world?

Did you know that in Darfur, people are living in squalor and dying of diseases that aren't even heard of in America?

DO SOMETHING!!!

It's pointless to mention a problem and do nothing.

I could point to a dog dying in the street, but unless I get involved, WHO CARES?

Answer 19

here is a list of countries that eat horse meat

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Chile

China

France

Germany

Iceland

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Malta

Mongolia

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom(minimal but still can be found, imported from south of france)

gordon ramsay serves horse meat in his restaurants.

i can get you the recipies if you like.

over 800.000 metric tons of horse meat was eaten in 2007 worldwide.

Answer 20

Back up your question with sources, videos etc. Where did you get this from?

Answer 21

Uh...no. Horses are bred here in the US (often by morons) who cant afford the pay for the animal they created. These horses are often sent to auction where they are loaded into trucks and hauled to Mexico or Canada. They are then killed (in disgusting and cruel ways) and sent to Japan and France where they are eaten.  They are killed in Canada or Mexico NOT in Japan, though the Japanese and all their geniusness might be able to figure out a better way.

Answer 22

I'm trying to grasp why they would ship live horses by plane from Calgary, when slaughter is legal in Calgary?

I have no idea whether horses are or aren't being bred for slaughter here in the US, but I know that the sale of horses in the USA to meat buyers is alive and well, so it wouldn't surprise me if someone is breeding for it.

Wolf grrl..No slaughterhouses remain in business in the US...horses are shipped to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.