Quote Originally Posted by luckies4me
Horses are slaughtered for meat every day just the same way cattle are. What makes a difference between killing a cow and killing a horse if it goes for meat? Retired race horses are sold for slaughter every day. I will never understand this way of thinking. Regardless if it's a cow, sheep, horse, pig...they are all animals and one's death shouldn't mean any less than the other.

The method of killing any of them is the issue...not whether or not they should be slaughtered. I personally would not eat horsemeat, the thought of it makes me ill. Nor would I eat dog or cat meat, although others do it; however, ANY animal killed should have it done humanely and quickly.