Francesca Knowles wrote:
And by the way:
Horses on this continent were meat animals long before they were domesticated for any other purpose. They were hunted to extinction for food purposes- didn't occur to any native here that they could be used otherwise until they reappeared with the early European explorers. Not that this stopped consumption of the flesh- Lewis and Clark routinely ate horse that they bought from the natives. And as a matter of fact, their use as food animals continued right along until the inspectors were gotten rid of just a few short years ago.
I for one welcome their reintroduction to my own food chain.
BUT, but they're such noble creatures. :B