http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...semeat-ON.html
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Stop killing horses for gourmet meals, groups lobby
WASHINGTON - Kentucky Derby devotees and other horse fans are rounding up support in Congress to stop the slaughter of U.S. horses that would grace gourmet dinner plates in Japan, Belgium and France.
Americans, who have a special love for the animal that carried pioneers into the Wild West, U.S. soldiers into battle and jockeys into race track history, are finding the notion of grilled horse steak, "chevelle tartare," and horsemeat sushi extremely distasteful.
When you watch a thoroughbred pulling ahead on the back stretch, remember that "the winner could be some Frenchman's entree," said Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., chairman of the Congressional Horse Caucus, who has collected 209 co-sponsors on a bill to ban the slaughter or export of U.S. horses for human consumption. "We view horses as athletes and entertainers," Sweeney said. "The American psyche is shocked by the notion that we are going to so inhumanely treat such an important part of our culture."
Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., a veterinarian, who introduced a matching bill in the Senate last week, called the slaughter for human consumption of nearly 50,000 of the nation's 7 million horses last year "barbaric."
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It's not like the people bitching about slaughtering horses are giving their horses the best treatment they can. We've already established the fact that we view ourselves as better than them by forcing them to run in circles while some midget smacks them to make them run faster. Why should killing them for food be any different?
If PETA said this, if would make total sense to me. I wouldn't agree with it, but I could understand their position. The thing is that these are people who are entertained by the exploitation of these animals. Who are they to say that we can exploit them in this way but not another?
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When you watch a thoroughbred pulling ahead on the back stretch, remember that "the winner could be some Frenchman's entree," said Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., chairman of the Congressional Horse Caucus
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Nice little racist jab at the French there too... I'm glad we have such open-minded people in our government. Oh wait, he's a Republican, never mind.