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> than to eat the meat of a horse, which is never bred just for its meat. Maybe you meant to write > the meat of a horse which was not bred just for its meat
by kgwgk 6y ago
> than to eat the meat of a horse, which is never bred just for its meat.
Maybe you meant to write
> the meat of a horse which was not bred just for its meat
Millions of horses are raised every year for their meat.
- dep_b 6y ago> Millions of horses are raised every year for their meat. I don't know enough about the numbers worldwide to give you real hard data but the majority of all of the horse meat consumed worldwide is not from horses bred with the sole purpose to breed it for it's meat. I have the idea that it's not more than 30%. Also the horses that are primarily bred for food are for a large part free roaming in places where other cattle simply wouldn't survive. This in contrast to other meats (chicken, veal, pork) that are often raised in factory like environments.
- kgwgk 6y ago"Not the majority" is quite different from "never" :-)
- dep_b 6y agoTrue, I assumed it was "never" as the exported/imported horse meat I knew was a byproduct of a country that simply had a huge horse culture and a taboo on eating the meat at the same time. But I gathered some information and it seems that there are herds bred purely for consumption. TIL!