NorthSideSoxFan t1_jdfqvcr wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:42 AM

Reply to comment by CaliBigWill in TIL the US federal government captures and sells excess wild horses to the public by MoistCoyote

800? Are you sure about your math on that one?

In so far as they don't belong and should be fair game to eat? Yes.

CaliBigWill t1_jdfu23s wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:07 AM

Math is off a bit 5-600 years. Brain isn't working.

CaliBigWill t1_jdfti6i wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:02 AM

Brought by Columbus in the 1490's. Close to 800. There were other explorers here before him. That's a different argument. Cortes was here in the 1500's. 700 some odd years ago.

I'm not saying they shouldn't be eaten Meat is meat.. I'm saying these type of round ups are wrong and the treatment of the horses after they're gathered is wrong. And honestly to me its disgraceful that we have to send them to another country to be slaughtered. Our own government doesn't condone eating them but if there's a profit by damn let's do it!

NorthSideSoxFan t1_jdg0h49 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 2:57 AM

I'd much rather the federal government end the backdoor-moratorium on horse slaughter in this country.

I also think that most uproar over sending "wild" horses to slaughter is because they're seen as cute and have been miscoded as pets. When someone tries to do their part and eat Asian Carp out of the Mississippi watershed, for example, no one whines on the internet about how those fish are treated.

CaliBigWill t1_jdg1xh7 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 3:10 AM

There is a big difference between Asian carp and wild horses. The destruction they actually do far outweighs overgrazing. That argument isnt very good anyway.