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They do not send babies to slaughter.
They are not meaty enough. Would you butcher a calf???
What do you think veal is?? It is a milk fed calf.
They most certainly do slaughter foals. Some of them don't even come from PMU
farms. Some countries prefer young horses, (more tender) while others enjoy a
fattier horse meat like draft and quarter horses. I have relatives in a few
different European countries. When the mad cow disease was a huge scare (and a
reality) in Europe a few years ago, they didn't eat any beef, but plenty of
horse meat, young and old.
Common sense and education of the
industry is a must before believing everything you hear.
If you think that this isn't happening, ok. Eating
the meat of many different animals is more accepted than you must believe.
Some people will do anything to make a buck.
Even use hormones from horse pee for hormone replacement therapy for humans. I
agree, not everything that you read is true. I question lots of things. However,
the meat industry, being what it is, will accommodate the consumer's needs and
make a buck or two doing it. That is what supply and demand are all about.
Sometimes sad, but always true.
On the up side, it is about time that they breed
the PMU babies better. However, that is still breeding too many horses, and not
enough places for them to go. What does common sense tell you happens to them
after that? Do any of the PMU farms in your area GUARANTEE that they will not
send the young ones to auctions? I have never seen a statement issued by ANY PMU
farm with that kind of guarantee. They might not send them directly to the
slaughter, but once they auction them off, they have no control over where they
go next. And they have to go somewhere.
If you are selling a baby that weighs 450 pounds
for $300 and the price of meat is $1 per pound, I could buy several, take
them to the auction and make a quick profit. You don't think that happens? I am
not saying it is right, I am just saying that it happens. And not just to PMU
babies, but to other breeds and at other farms as well.
Always sad, and most times true.
Lisa Salas, The Odd Farm
While John was in the ER one time after being
ACCIDENTALLY kicked by Lance, he asked the Doc if he liked B-B-Q and Coronas.
the Doc said "Hell yeah!", to which John replied, "Good, 'cause when I get home
we are having leg of Lance. Starting with that really big leg he kicked me
with!". After all, he is too good of a horse to eat all at
once!
Hee, hee, hee. That John is soooo funny.
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