When horses are euthanized?

Question

Can they still sell the meat to a dogfood factory or a glue factory, like they do with most of the other racehorses who have outlived their usefulness, or does the death drug spoil the meat?

Answer 1

I don't think euthanized horses are used for such matters, because most horses that are cared for enough to be killed in such a way wouldn't be sold and eaten, because somewhere they would have sentimental value. Also, I do think the drug has something to with the fact that you wouldn't want to eat that.

If you walk into your market, you couldn't buy a pound of Eight Belles, if that's what you mean.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Even though the amount of actual drug they use is quite small in relation to the animal, and theoretically wouldn't contaminate the meat enough to make any difference, as a matter of practice these animals are never used for meat.

Except for a very few old-time farmers I've known, virtually no one who euthanizes a horse would even consider disposing of the animal this way.  In forty years I have never heard of a horse being "re-used" this way, though I have had one farmer ask if he could buy the horse I was burying to feed his hunting dogs.  No, he couldn't.  

I have never heard of any horse, whether died naturally, shot (rare now) or euthanized, having any other end than burial.  If you like the animal enough to have it for a companion, you aren't going to sell the carcass to renderers or anyone else, no matter how "logical" it seems.  And probably is.

As far as dog food, etc., they can only use animals (theoretically healthy) that come in their door alive and are dispatched there, which is not by euthanasia.

Answer 4

I will assume (even though what they say about assuming) that you are trying to make a valid point. If I am correct, I must warn you, most YA users do not get sarcasm or irony.

If on the other hand you think you are amusing you walk the same road as a Jefferey Dahmer type, but I am hoping for the best for you, and that you are just to innocent to understand that people here on ya do not get irony.

Answer 5

no, if horses are euthanized, they cannot be used for meat because of the drugs in their system.  That's why Eight Belles and Barbaro are being/were cremated after being euthanized.

Answer 6

It is poison. Euthanasia is POISON.

So, no, you sick idiot.

Answer 7

Any animal which is dead prior to the arrival at a processing plant cannot be processed for consumption because of the threat of potential disease or bacteria on the carcass.

The drug doesn't spoil the meat but it can certainly rot. The USDA does its best to ensure that American products are safe for the consumer. As such animals must be carefully inspected and humanely euthanized for use.

Answer 8

They are disposed of in a safe manner where they cannot enter human, animal, or wildlife food chains, as the drugs they are euthanized with are not safe for consumption.

Answer 9

Most places actually cremate said animal and scatter the ashes