tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post278506175916615034..comments2023-11-02T08:55:35.510-07:00Comments on Market Design: Horse meets versus horse meatAl Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02232854038397912604noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-65174587795347135572011-08-31T12:21:54.941-07:002011-08-31T12:21:54.941-07:00To respond to Joe's comment, you can still sel...To respond to Joe's comment, you can still sell your horses to kill buyers at auctions all over the US, as has always been the case. However, the slaughterhouses don't want "aged" horses - they want young ones. Also, "permanently lame" horses can't withstand the long, crowded trailer rides to the slaughterhouses, so are likewise not what kill buyers are looking for. And frankly, how about providing a humane death to an animal that has spent its life serving you. Would you send your "aged" or "permanently lame" seeing-eye dog to Korea to be slaughtered and eaten? The cost of euthanasia is probably the same as you spent on your last pair of cowboy boots.<br /><br />But back to the topic at hand - the more important issue about horsemeat is its toxicity and complete lack of production oversight. Meat production is a serious business and any medications used are strictly controlled. Horsemen are not in the business of meat production because horses are not raised for food in this country. Food safety protocols are not followed from birth. The decision that a horse will become food is usually not made until the animal becomes useless as a performer. Often this is preceded by a period where the animal is on drugs trying to improve it's performance. Surveys have shown that 100% of racehorses for example are given the drug commonly known as "bute." It is as common in horses as aspirin. And bute has no known withdrawal time, because it is absorbed in the a horse's fatty tissues. It is completely banned in food animals, because in humans, it's a known a carcinogen, which manifests itself in bone marrow, and can cause suppression of white blood cell production, aplastic anemia and granulomas.Horse Trainerhttp://tuesdayshorse.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/eating-horses/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-65345087954052001532010-05-06T07:45:28.822-07:002010-05-06T07:45:28.822-07:00this is very cruel to hear about horse deaths for ...this is very cruel to hear about horse deaths for consumption ,there are lots of other food sources nowadays .vertigo symptoms causeshttp://www.vertigo-symptoms.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-36067773989835524192009-10-09T16:18:57.629-07:002009-10-09T16:18:57.629-07:00With no slaughterhouses for horses, what exactly a...With no slaughterhouses for horses, what exactly are horse-owners to do with their aged or permanently lame horses? Rescues are great, but it is impractical to expect them to be able to accept all of them. Burying horses is not permitted in a lot of places, and cost-prohibitive for many people. With no other choice, I've seen owners send their horses to landfills to be buried in the garbage. Is that so much better as an end than if they were used to contribute to the fight against hunger?Joe Poniatowskihttp://www.horsetradersson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-15070390815747774742009-10-08T20:48:05.158-07:002009-10-08T20:48:05.158-07:00In a society that promotes recycling everything fr...In a society that promotes recycling everything from trash to human organs, why does the thought of eating an unwanted animal cause such a controversy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748060798655400108.post-37403844038529329622009-05-12T03:35:00.000-07:002009-05-12T03:35:00.000-07:00Reminds me of the Chinese repugnance towards eatin...Reminds me of the Chinese repugnance towards eating oxen which had been put to the plough. I think the rationale was that it's ungrateful to eat an animal which had spent its lifetime feeding you.<br /><br />(Also, practically speaking, old oxen are all muscle--I doubt that's fun to eat!)YCLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053645137106379312noreply@blogger.com