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Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is a major meat in only a few countries, notably in Central Asia, but it forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many others, from Europe to South America to Asia.
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Horse slaughterhouses could soon open back up in the United States .
In 2006, Congress ended the funding for inspections of horse slaughterhouses. It had the effect of shutting them down. But recently, Congress reversed its decision. Advocates of the decision say the ban had unintended consequences that actually hurt horses, but some animal rights activists say lifting the ban is the worst thing that could have happened to horses.Paula Bacon was mayor of Kaufman, Texas when the last of one of three slaughterhouses in the U.S. was operating there. "Their presence in this community was nothing but negative," says Bacon, "Completely negative." Bacon worries now that the ban has been lifted, the gates will be opened to cruelty to horses and that the conditions that prompted ban in the first place will return.Says Bacon, "They don't have the funds to provide the oversight that would even begin to make this work."Opponents of the ban claim it left horse owners few options when faced with unw...The Kentucky Derby's majestic image as one of America's premier sporting events—to say nothing of its reputation as being decadent and depraved—is well deserved. The...
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Authorities are investigating more than a dozen horse killings in South Florida, apparently at the hands of people butchering the animals for their meat.The latest h...
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