Setting the High Standard for Humane Processing of Horses

Onions · Post by **Onions** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:12 pm

At 3:30 PST, a group of representatives from U.S. and Canadian animal science and humane livestock handling organizations, as well as federal and state livestock processing regulatory agencies will convene at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada for a discussion entitled "Setting the High Standard for Humane Processing of Horses." The "processing" part of the equation entails the slaughter and butchery of the animals for the purpose of human consumption.

The panel, which is being held as part of a four day Summit of the Horse includes representatives from American Humane, the Humane Handling and Assessment Tool Project, the United States Department of Agriculture and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The issue at hand has stirred passionate and polar arguments from those who see horse meat - especially that of wild mustangs who are seen by some as an invasive species - as a cheap, viable source of food for hungry Americans, and wild horse advocates who see the slaughter of these animals as cruel and unnecessary.

Horse meat holds a particular taboo in American culture, but is a not uncommon element of French, Belgian, Swiss, Japanese, Chinese and even Canadian cuisine. It's praised for its leanness and sweetness, and pending the outcome of the summit, might spark a reconsideration of the Restore Our Mustangs Act which prohibits the processing of wild horses or burros for slaughter

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:22 pm

Nothing says "serious meeting" like a summit in Vegas.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:26 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Nothing says "serious meeting" like a summit in Vegas.

What investigative panels research in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:28 pm

Well, it is centrally located -- for LA, Phoenix, and Patrick Ewing.

jiminphilly · Post by **jiminphilly** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:29 pm

Anyone wanna bet on the outcome?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:33 pm

jiminphilly wrote:Anyone wanna bet on the outcome?

Stop nagging us!

Onions · Post by **Onions** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:35 pm

I'll take a Big MacMustang please.

Finish that off with some jello.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:40 pm

Onions wrote:I'll take a Big MacMustang please.

Finish that off with some jello.

If you didn't throw in inane drivel like this occasionally, I would swear you were a spambot.

Trampis · Post by **Trampis** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:45 pm

Seems like I remember the past couple years there being some wild horse roundups that went bad in Nevada, with running the horses to death into pens with helis.

When they closed all the US horse processors a couple years ago and the feed for horses, i.e. alfalfa , went sky high, many who could neither afford to feed their horses nor sell them, set them free. At least when there were procesors around you could get rid of your horse.

This is such a tacky thread btw.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:57 pm

Martyred wrote:
Onions wrote:I'll take a Big MacMustang please.

Finish that off with some jello.

If you didn't throw in inane drivel like this occasionally, I would swear you were a spambot.

Come on, don't be such a neigh-sayer. Onions is the glue that holds this board together.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:13 pm

Mikey wrote:
Come on, don't be such a neigh-sayer. Onions is the glue that holds this board together.

There are more than a few of us here that would like to see him put out to pasture.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:15 pm

Would free-range cultivation of horses for consumption be considered...

...meat grazing?

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:55 pm

Martyred wrote:
Mikey wrote:
Come on, don't be such a neigh-sayer. Onions is the glue that holds this board together.
There are more than a few of us here that would like to see him put out to pasture.

This sounds like a decistion that's best left up to the Secretariat.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:57 pm

These jokes are driving even Mick Jagger away.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:32 pm

We should stop saddling this thread with silly puns.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Wed Jan 05, 2011 11:43 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Nothing says "serious meeting" like a summit in Vegas.

Wonder how much the invitees had to pony up to attend.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:42 am

Lotta horsing around in this thread.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:55 am

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Lotta horsing around in this thread.

Are you trying to spur on more responses? You must have blinders on.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:17 am

Oh this thread it ain't what it used to be
Many long years ago

T1B

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