When we had the mad cow disease problem here in the UK people just ate more pork and lamb (they were selling lamb burgers at school etc).

With these alternative sources of red meat - pig and lamb - I don't see a need to eat horse or dog.

Although with the rubbish producers in the US are allowed to put into their animals, things which aren't permitted in the EU, I wouldn't want to eat your other animals/milk either.

Personally I'm a veggie so the outbreak here didn't affect me, that is another option for the Canadians.