Horse meat: Difference between revisions

The [[Horse slaughter|killing of horses for human consumption]] is widely opposed in countries such as the U.S.,<ref name="nationalpoll">{{cite web |last=Duckworth |first=Amanda |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/35173/poll-finds-most-americans-against-horse-slaughter/ |title=Poll Finds Most Americans Against Horse Slaughter |publisher=Bloodhorse.com |date=September 4, 2006 |access-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102173436/http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/35173/poll-finds-most-americans-against-horse-slaughter |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="time">{{cite news|last=Stein |first=Joel |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1587279,00.html |title=''Time:'' Horse—It's What's for Dinner |publisher=Time.com |date=February 8, 2007 |access-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229083444/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1587279,00.html|archive-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref> UK,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/weekinpictures/180507.shtml?select=03 |title=Week in pictures - Who wants to eat horsemeat? |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614234506/http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/tx/weekinpictures/180507.shtml?select=03 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2013}} Australia,<ref>Victorian Advocates for Animals & Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses protests</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2013}} and Greece where horses are generally considered to be companion and sporting animals only.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/04/Columns/Americans_squeamish_o.shtml|title=Americans squeamish over horse meat|work=St. Petersburg Times|access-date=February 15, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051100/http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/04/Columns/Americans_squeamish_o.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In ancient Greece horses were revered and horse slaughter is forbidden by law also in modern Greece as horses are considered companions and a symbol of beauty, strength and pride. For horses going to slaughter, no period of withdrawal, the time between administration of the drug and the time they are butchered, is required. French former actress and [[animal rights]] activist [[Brigitte Bardot]] has spent years crusading against the eating of horse meat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qb5vv/inside-frances-fading-love-affair-with-horse-meat|title=Inside France's Fading Love Affair with Horse Meat|date=March 12, 2017 |publisher= Vice |access-date=August 30, 2023|quote= "Vegetarian actress Brigitte Bardot started an animal rights campaign featuring not only the first televised animal slaughter but also a video of a "crying" horse that turned people off of horse meat, seemingly for good."|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125081011/https://www.vice.com/en/article/8qb5vv/inside-frances-fading-love-affair-with-horse-meat|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the opposition is far from unanimous; a 2007 readers' poll in the London magazine ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]'' showed that 82% of respondents supported chef [[Gordon Ramsay]]'s decision to serve horse meat in his restaurants.<ref name = "Ramsay" >{{ Cite web | access-date = 2023-05-20 | year = 2012 | title = Raw Horse Meat to Be Served at New York's M. Wells Restaurant at P.S. 1 - New York Dinette M Wells to Offer Horse Meat Tartare on Menu | website = [[Delish]] | url = https://www.delish.com/restaurants/news/a39222/raw-horse-meat-served-at-m-wells-dinette-at-ps1-in-new-york-city/ }} </ref>

From the 1920s and through the 1950s or 1960s, and with a brief rationing hiccup during WWII, horse meat was canned and sold as dog food by many different companies under many different brands, most notably by [[Ken-L Ration]]. The popularity of horse meat as dog food became so popular that by the 1930s, over 50,000 horses were bred and slaughtered each year to keep up with this specific demand.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.neatorama.com/pet/2013/05/20/Kibble-Me-This-The-History-of-Dog-Food/ | title=Kibble Me This: The History of Dog Food | date=May 20, 2013 | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230305/http://www.neatorama.com/pet/2013/05/20/Kibble-Me-This-The-History-of-Dog-Food/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.animalfixer.com/articles/historydogfood.html | title=The History of Dog Food | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230225857/http://www.animalfixer.com/articles/historydogfood.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 978-1592231164|title = Uncle John's Unstoppable Bathroom Reader|last1 = Institute|first1 = Bathroom Readers'|year = 2003| publisher=Readerlink Distribution Services, LLC |url = https://archive.org/details/unclejohnsunstop00bath}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://thecatsite.com/threads/the-history-of-dog-food.89636/ | title=The History of Dog Food | date=June 17, 2006 | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230225803/https://thecatsite.com/threads/the-history-of-dog-food.89636/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.lrgaf.org/slaughter/savin.htm | title=Savin' All My Love for You | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230436/http://www.lrgaf.org/slaughter/savin.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://rtfitchauthor.com/tag/ken-l-ration/ | title=Ken-L-Ration – Straight from the Horse's Heart | date=January 30, 2012 | access-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-date=December 30, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230608/https://rtfitchauthor.com/tag/ken-l-ration/ | url-status=live }}</ref>