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It has a particular role in the culture and history of the island. The people of Iceland supposedly were reluctant to embrace Christianity for some time largely over the issue of giving up horse meat after Pope Gregory III banned horse meat consumption in 732 AD, as it was a major part of many pagan rites and sacrifice in Northern Europe.
Removal of beefburgers from a Tesco supermarket following the adulterated with horse meat scandal. On 15 January 2013 it was reported that foods advertised in the European Union as containing beef were found to contain undeclared or improperly declared horse meat—as much as 100% of the meat content in some cases. [1]
Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption. Humans have long consumed horse meat; the oldest known cave art, the 30,000-year-old paintings in France's Chauvet Cave, depict horses with other wild animals hunted by humans. [1]
Horse Meat. Shockingly, there is no federal ban on horse meat, but several states do prohibit its commercial sale. Meanwhile, other states, like Texas, support a large horse-raising industry ...
Government data shows that last year, more than 100,000 horses were slaughtered in Argentina, representing about 24,000 tons of meat destined mainly for France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Holland ...
In Canada, horse meat is legal. Most Canadian horse meat is exported to Continental Europe or Japan. [81] In the United States, sale and consumption of horse meat is illegal in California [82] and Illinois. [83] However, it was sold in the US during WW II, since beef was expensive, rationed and destined for the troops. The last horse meat ...
Key topics of debate within equine ethics include the slaughter of horses, the consumption of their meat, their legal status, zoophilia, doping in equestrian sports, the retirement of horses post-exploitation, choices regarding euthanasia, and the disposition of a horse's body after death (such as knackery or burial). Additionally, there are ...
In the fall of 2007, the last three horse slaughterhouses in the United States closed. [72] In January 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a 1949 Texas law banned the possession, transfer, or sale of horse meat. This ruling forced the two slaughterhouses in Texas to close.