Like most farm animals, horses don't normally die of old age and are instead either slaughtered or put to sleep by a veterinarian. If you think about it, cremat

Like most farm animals, horses don't normally die of old age and are instead either slaughtered or put to sleep by a veterinarian. If you think about it, cremating or burying a big animal like that is costly. So, a lot of horses end up being processed in a meat factory instead. The resulting meat is used for all sorts of things all over the world. Horse slaughter is actually banned in the US. However, a lot of horses there are simply exported across the border to Canada or Mexico where they are slaughtered anyway. Why pay to have the animal disposed off when you can get some money for the meat?