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Not disappeared but lost significance: goats, Camel, horses (for meat), rabbits, eels, various poultry, and of course a 99% reduction of the commercially grown
by tfourb 3y ago
Not disappeared but lost significance: goats, Camel, horses (for meat), rabbits, eels, various poultry, and of course a 99% reduction of the commercially grown varieties of pigs, cows and chicken (now called „heritage breeds“)
- wizofaus 3y agoGoat meat is still eaten by 70% of the world's population apparently - and perhaps surprisingly Australia is the single largest exporter. But it's certainly a niche market compared to the big 3. Even lamb/mutton is only eaten at 1/6th the quantities of beef worldwide.
- ajmurmann 3y agoWas goat, lamb and mutton ever big in the US? How little lamb is available was one of the things that stuck out to me when moving from Germany to the US many years ago