re: high fat feeds=MEAT

["Mary K. Krauss" <kraussberner@worldnet.att.net>]

Since my horses are way too fat, I don't fight the fight some of you are
discussing--but I am curious, since looking into feeds, I've discovered
that many of the supplements and the mixed feeds contain _animal_ fat, ie,
fat from horses and cows.... Doesn't that seem a bit of a mean trick--
turning our beloved herbivores into cannibals??  I don't have a problem
with humans eating meat, but tricking my horse into eating meat seems
repulsive.  The weird thing to me is how few people seem to know what
they're feeding--my vet recommended using LMF for instance, and blanched
when I showed her the contents--hadn't dawned on her that the fat content
was from anything but plant sources.... Any thoughts?