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Horsemeat for dinner anyone?

(61 Posts)
grannyactivist Fri 21-Feb-14 10:27:31

Would you? Could you?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24952823
I do think she's brave to raise the issue and her passion for horses is well documented, so she presumably has the horse's best interest at heart.

Tegan Sun 23-Feb-14 19:57:22

If selling horsemeat here will stop live transportation then I'm fine with that. But I couldn't eat horsemeat. Do they really do that to ducks?

Deedaa Sun 23-Feb-14 20:05:58

I love duck, but we haven't eaten any for years because they are so badly treated. I believe even ducks sold in Waitrose don't have access to water for swimming.

nightowl Sun 23-Feb-14 20:15:11

Tegan there is no live export of horses for slaughter from the UK. I have read that it is illegal but I haven't been able to verify that. Instead horses are slaughtered here for the European market.

Tegan Sun 23-Feb-14 20:18:56

Are you sure? The S.O. saw a lorry full of horses a couple of years ago and he felt sure they were being transported; even though he onlytold me about it and I didn't actually see it myself it's haunted me ever since. I know I signed lots of petitions years ago to stop it happening.

nightowl Sun 23-Feb-14 20:30:30

Everything I have read suggests that horses are not exported live for slaughter from the UK. However, there may well be some illegal export going on. Unfortunately if we in the UK ate more horsemeat it would be unlikely to stop that, since we already export horsemeat to Europe. Not sure if I'm making any sense but I think I know what I mean.

nightowl Sun 23-Feb-14 20:33:18

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26050572

nightowl Sun 23-Feb-14 20:44:03

www.gettingoutofhere.co.uk/horses.html#ponies

This link makes it clear that exporting live horses for slaughter is banned.

durhamjen Mon 24-Feb-14 16:33:21

A butcher has been told to take down his display because people do not like the look of it. I have just heard him on the radio, and it's not the vegetarians or vegans who are complaining.

Tegan Mon 24-Feb-14 17:55:56

I'm not sure what affect seling horsemeat here would have on a horses value[supply and demand and all that]. It's a very dangerous time for a horse/pony when it's value goes down to it's meat value sad.

BlueBelle Tue 25-Feb-14 09:39:49

I am very like you Iam64 I probably only eat meat 2 or 3 times a week I really like Quorn I do eat mainly chicken or turkey and also get it from a reliable source cant bear to eat eggs if they are not free range and have never eaten anything more 'exotic' since I lived overseas I don't like fish but do like sea food however horse is a live creature like all the others we do eat and in my opinion as long as they are killed humanly I can't see a difference