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Want Ad Gone Wrong

 

 

This week an

Akron, MI woman ran an ad in the Saginaw News.  It was a typical horse for sale ad except for one thing; the paper had mistakenly placed it under the “Good Things to Eat” category instead of the “Horses and Livestock” category. 

 

She got about 60 calls and the most noteworthy thing was that nearly 20 of them were from people interested in eating horse meat.  And I guess I can relate.  I routinely try out different types of meat when I get the chance.  Cabela’s restaurant has buffalo, ostrich and even elk—which are all pretty good.  I have tried alligator, rabbit, pheasant, quail, and venison too.  But horsemeat?  Nope.  I just can’t force myself to eat something I love so much.  It would be like eating dog or cat.  A staple in other countries, but just not done here.  

 

The slaughter of horses for meat has been outlawed in the

United States just last year.  Of course this legislation did not stop the slaughter of US horses for meat.  Now they are loaded up into trucks and forced to endure the long trip into

Canada.  (They are frequently transported inhumanely and now we have no control as to how humanely they die either.)  In

Canada they are slaughtered and mostly shipped overseas to cultures that enjoy horsemeat. 

 

Did we do the horses justice?  I don’t think so.  Are we going to stop people from eating horses?  I seriously doubt that as we can not stop the people in some cultures who eat their relative’s brains! All we can do is ensure that the animals are raised well, enjoy the life they have and die painlessly.            

 

 

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One Response to “Want Ad Gone Wrong”

  1. Jessika Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

    It’s interesting you posted about this - the history chanel ( I think) just did a special on taboo things, one of which was eating dog in Vietnam. They breed a particular type of dog much like we breed meet cattle - they are not pets but of course it’s very taboo for Americans.

    I had goat once, despite knowing my mother would die of shock (she own pygmy’s for years). It was surprisingly tasty! Same thing with buffalo.

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