Exotic Meats - horse etc

They say dog meat is good for you. The people here eat it as a delicacy. They put it in soups. Enjoy.

I recommend we all eat more hyenas because we need less of them around.... much less imho!

I see what you mean about the drugs risk - and that is unnerving.

Is there anywhere you can buy where there is no such risk or some controls in place?

And honestly, I do not see the difference between slaughtering cows or horses. They both feel, breathe, feel fear, etc.

Yes but, no. Horses were domesticated for transportation and cows were domesticated for milk and meat. This means horses have been selected by humans for millenia to be intelligent, cooperative, expressive, and useful. The same goes for dogs though to a larger degree because humans have kept dogs for 50,000 years so dogs are bred to be emotive (puppy dog eyes anyone?) and sympathetic as well as trainable and useful. The problem with killing and eating "useful" animals is that they are more valuable alive than as meat. Of course there are cultural differences but the majority of ancient cultures only used horse meat when other meats were not available or when a horse outlived its usefulness. Cows are grass to milk or grass to meat conversion machines. They have been domesticated to make as much milk or meat as possible from as little grass as possible. Goats, chickens, rabbits, pigs, bison these animals were all domesticated to turn non-edible food into edible food and so these are the animals we usually eat. It doesn't make sense to eat a useful animal like a horse or dog if you have a cow or goat available to you. If you have no goat or cow, then yes, you have to eat what you have to eat to live. If you are an adventurous eater, that's awesome. It's not immoral to eat these animals, it's just illogical. A hunting dog can help you kill many birds, whereas if you eat the dog, what will you eat when it's gone? It's like eating your fishing pole. Sure you won't be hungry today but as far as long term survival strategies go, it's not a good one.

Now, we live in a world of excess and food is never scarce so you can eat whatever you like, but historically, that's why we don't eat horse and dog and elephant. And it has been this way for so long in human history that it's considered immoral to eat them. Even in Asia, the dogs that have been bred from antiquity for meat are different breeds from the ones you would keep as pets. They are 'meat' animals, not hunting animals or guard dogs. So they are not 'useful'. You don't just wander around killing people's pets and eating them. That would be immoral in Korea too!

Have you ever actually worked with horses? Dogs are definitely bred to be intelligent; horses are just a shade more than sheep.

I'm sorry you had stupid horses. I owned horses for years. Some were brighter than others, but none were anything like the sheep. Horses aren't dumb just... opinionated.

Where I'm from, horse meat is rather common altho not available as beef, but most busy cities have a specialty horse meat shop. Aside from the medical pro's and con's (don't know what they give the horses but then again, does anyone here know what load of crap they give to cattle before it is reay for consumpsion) horse meat is very lean, it is just a tad stronger in taste but especially the tenderloin is unbelievably tender.

Other than this, also rabbit is pretty common in my home country, mostly around Christmas etc. This meat is very tasteful, fragrant, I love it. Hare is good also but has a little game flavor aded to it. But with the right other components of the meal, it is delicious.

And honestly, I do not see the difference between slaughtering cows or horses. They both feel, breathe, feel fear, etc. And knowking what goes on in the slaughterhouse would make you a vegetarian instantly.

(I only eat meat because at this time of trying to lose weight, I have been told I should)

Another gator advocate here. It's really quite delicious.