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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

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

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

What investigative panels research in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

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

Anyone wanna bet on the outcome?

jiminphilly wrote:Anyone wanna bet on the outcome?

Stop nagging us!

I'll take a Big MacMustang please.

Finish that off with some jello.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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






...meat grazing?

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.

These jokes are driving even Mick Jagger away.

We should stop saddling this thread with silly puns.

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

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

Lotta horsing around in this thread.

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

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

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