Horse meat shock? What about the other animals?
I AM sure many readers will have been shocked by revelations about horse meat being found in beef burgers at several national supermarket chains.
However, it does throw up some other questions, including why the thought of eating horses repulses us but, as a nation, we think nothing of eating cows?
What really is the difference between a horse and a cow? Or a pig, sheep or chicken for that matter? All are sentient animals that value their lives – lives that are routinely cut short.
With farmed animals, it is as soon as they have reached their slaughter weight at just weeks or months old.
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In the case of dairy cows, they are sent to the abattoir once their milk yield drops.
This is not to say that horses do not suffer.
The Vegetarians International Voice for Animals has campaigned for years against the trade in live horses, which are forced to endure gruelling journeys from Poland to the slaughterhouses of Italy.
However, if the thought of eating horse troubles you, please spare a thought for the 958 million other animals killed for the British dinner table last year.
If you care about animals – all animals – then the best way to show that is to simply stop eating them.
Justin Kerswell
Viva! campaigns manager
York Court
Wilder Street
Bristol
2 Comments
by MrFox
Friday, February 01 2013, 6:41PM
“Horse meat shock? George Postlethwaite questioned the content of sausages in his broadcast some weeks back, well before the horse meat story broke; do you really think this was just a coincidence? There's a lot more to these broadcasts than meets the ear.
George replaced "Horse" with "Unicorn" how much closer could he have got without upsetting the more sensitive members of the equine fraternity before the truth was in the public domain? It appears to me that the majority of those who listen to the broadcasts from Mr Postlethwaite only hear what appears on the "surface" of the programme. I'm not saying I see all the importe occult but I am sure many of us do.”
by trickybrewer
Friday, February 01 2013, 12:10PM
“I just fancy a bacon sandwich”