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The taboo surrounding horse meat in the United States received national attention again in May 2017 when a restaurant in the [[Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh)|Lawrenceville]] section of [[Pittsburgh]] served a dish containing [[Steak tartare|horse tartare]] as part of a special event the restaurant was hosting with [[French Canadian]] chefs as guests. The restaurant, which otherwise does not serve horse meat (which is legal to serve and consume in [[Pennsylvania]]), received an inspection and a warning from the [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] not to serve horse meat again. A [[Change.org]] petition subsequently went up to advocate making serving horse meat illegal in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/05/15/usda-warns-pittsburgh-restaurant-that-served-horse-meat/|title = USDA Warns Pittsburgh Restaurant That Served Horse Meat|date = May 15, 2017|access-date = May 20, 2017|archive-date = May 18, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170518211537/http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/05/15/usda-warns-pittsburgh-restaurant-that-served-horse-meat/|url-status = live}}</ref>
From the 1920s and through the 1950s or 1960s, and with a brief rationing hiccuplapse during WWIIWorld War II, horse meat was canned and sold as dog food by many different companies under many different brands, most notablyby [[Ken-L Ration]]. The popularity of horseHorse 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>
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