questions about horsemeat
Personally, I don't eat much meat- I would be a vegetarian if it wasn't for rest of the family. I've been to livestock auctions and I've seen the horses that are destined for slaughter. They go to C...
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ksbowman wrote:
We live on a farm and raise beef cattle. Until a few years ago we always kept horses too. I can't tell you the exact date, but during the late 90's or early 2000's the slaughter of horses was stopped in the U.S. and horse value tumbled for common working/pleasure horse. Grade horses became worth very little (if you could give them away) and cost too much for some take care of. This lead to a lot of neglect by people that should never have had them to begin with. We try to keep all medications to our cattle to a minimum, but they still require immunizations, worming, antibiotics and medications to keep them healthy. Some also give steroids to theirs to increase growth rates (we do not). Most medications and wormers have a time between the last exposure and slaughter, so to think our food don't get these would be erroneous.
I would ask you how old are your beefs when they go to slaughter? Are they 20 or 30 years old? Would you rather eat a young animal that has had minimal exposure or an animal that has had decades of exposure?
