I can see using horses that are "for that', but a person's pet....tragic....criminal.

 

Yep. Borat jokes aside, it's actually done in Kazakhstan, apparently they have good horse sausage there. If you're ranching a meat animal, then it's to eat. If you're killing someone's pet, you should just be shot.

 

Back around 1982, I remember hearing stories about people here in Ohio slaughtering cows out in the field, and stealling the meat to feed their familes.

 

Horses for meat already?

I found it suprising....not yet thinking we were to that point. but that is just me, some people i guess are to that point and if it is acceptable culture then i see it happening. We don't have a horse cause you don't eat it. but i do have a dog and cats i don't eat that yet either...wait till you hear that on the new's. "Feral cat's found scarce in urban neighborhoods, formely overrun." People are going to flip out

 

I found it suprising....not yet thinking we were to that point. but that is just me, some people i guess are to that point and if it is acceptable culture then i see it happening. We don't have a horse cause you don't eat it. but i do have a dog and cats i don't eat that yet either...wait till you hear that on the new's. "Feral cat's found scarce in urban neighborhoods, formely overrun." People are going to flip out

Kinda makes you look twice at that person responding to the "free puppies" or kittens ads. Especially if they want more than one.

 

White Castle has to get it from some wheres

 

Just south of Dallas there used to be a horse slaughterhouse that was the largest in the world. I think some PETA-types tried to shut it down. I'd eat horse. And cat.

It reminds back in the day when a friend of mine would wait until after Easter to buy all the bunny rabbits that went on sale at pet stores. Into the snake cage they went ....

 

At least they still have some horses,If the drought in south central Texas doesn't end soon there will be no horses ,or cattle.Then you can read about people eating dogs and cats. Between the drought and the guberment trying to do away with the economy,it's really starting to suck down here.

 

I was telling my mother about this horse butchering, and she said she heard on the news that one rancher has had 100 cows stolen from him lately. So I guess cattle rustling is back.

 

In Mexico. Eating horse is common. Could be latino gangs doing the deed?

 

Could be somebody that doesn't qualify for food stamps.

 

I was just reading an article in our local paper that cattle rustling is up 200% from last year in Oklahoma and that was only at halfway through the year.

In France, horsemeat is quite common. There are butcher stores that sell only horse meat. Still... killing someone's pet... that's just evil.

 

And the talking heads keep telling us Oklahoma is "recession-proof" ... :xeye:

 

I ate horse in Sweden, wasn't bad. Quite good in fact. I think it is a crime that killing a horse is considered cruel. It's just a horse, not a human.

 

Oh stick it, Cranky. Would you eat your pet dog?

 

It could also be that the person/persons that did this did it out of some sick, twisted reason. It may not be related to the economy whatsoever...

 

According to the reports I've read it doesn't have to do with the economy unless you are the one selling it on the black market for 40.00 a pound to make a quick buck. They need to find the source of who is buying it to find out who is doing this crap! And this didn't just happen apparently as its been an ongoing black market item for quite awhile in Florida. Whoever is consuming this horse meat is taking a huge risk as horses in the USA are not raised for slaughter for human consumption and they are given many vaccines and other biologicals and supplements to keep them healthy and many of these things can require weeks of withdrawal time before consumption of the meat and you can bet those selling it are not sharing that info with buyers. It's sickening and they will get these jerks soon as it finally made the national media.

 

If it was a wild horse, or a horse raised for meat, fine, but peoples pets? You're slime. If we're WROL, I'll treat those people as such.

I don't think things are that bad in the U.S. just yet that it's warranted to kill horses and cats. A box of Mac and cheese is still $0.50, Mccdonalds has small, but still somewhat edible hamburgers for $1...and in states with bottle returns you can make that and more in day by walking down the road picking up cans.

If I was hard on my luck...I'd eat chipmonks, tree rats, wood chucks, porcupines, coons, fox, rabbits, crayfish, song birds, insects, fish, dandilions, fresh road kill deer, possoms, Turkey, Pheasant, grouse, out of date bakery goods, and even fresh resturant throw out before I killed someones pet.



I've met few people that I like as well as my dog. Animals are simpler, but kinder and more loyal than 90% of the people I meet. First person to take a crack at my pets gets lead for thier efforts. It sounds like a good trade, I keep my pets, they get heavy metal poisoning...

 

First person to take a crack at my pets gets lead for thier efforts. It sounds like a good trade, I keep my pets, they get heavy metal poisoning...

Calm down Rambo. Why would anyone go after your personal pets? There are tons of strays at the pound. Since it's already a felony to eat dogs in the USA, why would they risk a double felony to just go after your pet?

 

Of course the scum from the SPCA would get involved in this.

Andress may not want to pinpoint a motive yet, but he does admit that killing the animals is not the perpetrator's main goal. The goal comes afterward, he explains, with "whatever activity they engaged in postmortem."

How doomy and gloomy. You can not just say "they did it for cash" when the opportunity presents itself to blow things way out of proportion.

Sometimes burglars steal your TV; sometimes they steal your grandmother's wedding ring. This is a property crime and should be treated as such and handled by the police.

 

Whether they sold the meat or ate it themselves doesn't matter, what does matter is that times are that tough where people would stoop to this level. Apparently somebody is trying to feed their family one way or another.

 

WOW! I'm really kinda surprised at some of the comments; I'd starve before I ate my pet - I don't think it's bad enough to kill horses and cats. Now I'm not trying to pick on anyone here and I suppose the flames will shoot.

If you'd rather starve than kill/eat your pet, get out of the survival game now - you won't make it. I'd eat my dog in a heartbeat if that's all that was all I had to feed my family. Maybe it is survival for someone who is killing horses (or cats). People are homeless that never were before. Tent cities are being tolerated on some cities. It may not be bad for you but maybe, just maybe, someone is desperate enough to kill and eat what they find.

If it's just for grins or to make a profit, then I'm with you. They are a-holes.

If SHTF are you really ready? It'll be just as taxing mentally as physically.

 

If SHTF are you really ready? It'll be just as taxing mentally as physically.

Bull****, no one is ever really ready. Even well trained soldiers before thier first combat run aren't really ready. Is anyone ready to see people murdered for thier food? Women and children dead? Peoples daughters being pimped out for food? Rape, beatings, cannibalism...? How can you ever really be ready? You can't, just gotta take the **** as it comes.

I'm not flaming you, just wondering.

You're own personal pet is your buisness, if you want to eat it, fine. It's when you come after my pet that I'll be ready to whatever nessary to stop you.

 

It doesn't make sense to me at all. Why would someone kill a horse for food (starvation), unless they where terrible at hunting? This seems more like black market killing.

Isn't florida so overrun with pythons that there's bounties out to kill them? Couldn't yah feed yourself AND make money doing this? Seems like all you'd need was a shotgun or a good machete.

 

There's nothing wrong with eating a horse. Same goes with dogs & cats. Americans are morons when it comes to protecting certain cute animals. People of other countries still keep dogs & cats as pets and at the same time eat them. They don't eat their own pets (nor anyone else's pets), they eat dogs and cats that are bred for consumption and purchased at markets.

Americans would rather see poor children malnourished while spending money on catching, housing and giving medical care to stupid animals....only to spend more money to kill them soon after when no one wants them.