This bill came out of nowhere and is causing a great deal of bickering on various zookeeping forums which, alas, has also degenerated into a "mightier than thou" attitude on vegetarianism.... I am all for it. at the end of the day if we did not have a way of moving on old horses then we would be Losing a lot of money, time and fieldspace. Its no real difference to cattle, sheep, goats and the other species we eat. People are geting rather upset about this one as horses are a more attractive species. At the end of the day, if it is done humanely then I have no huge problem with culling horses - I think I would rather eat horsemeat than chicken. Personal opinion, of course
And on a practical view - so many zoos in the UK and abroad rely on cheap horsemeat to feed their animals. I believe in some species it is even more nutritionally sound than beef. A lot of animal organisations would suffer without this source of meat. My 2 Cents
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Date: 2006-09-08 07:21 pm (UTC)I am all for it. at the end of the day if we did not have a way of moving on old horses then we would be Losing a lot of money, time and fieldspace. Its no real difference to cattle, sheep, goats and the other species we eat. People are geting rather upset about this one as horses are a more attractive species.
At the end of the day, if it is done humanely then I have no huge problem with culling horses - I think I would rather eat horsemeat than chicken. Personal opinion, of course
And on a practical view - so many zoos in the UK and abroad rely on cheap horsemeat to feed their animals. I believe in some species it is even more nutritionally sound than beef. A lot of animal organisations would suffer without this source of meat.
My 2 Cents