Horsemeat for dinner anyone?

If selling horsemeat here will stop live transportation then I'm fine with that. But I couldn't eat horsemeat. Do they really do that to ducks?

I love duck, but we haven't eaten any for years because they are so badly treated. I believe even ducks sold in Waitrose don't have access to water for swimming.

Tegan there is no live export of horses for slaughter from the UK. I have read that it is illegal but I haven't been able to verify that. Instead horses are slaughtered here for the European market.

Are you sure? The S.O. saw a lorry full of horses a couple of years ago and he felt sure they were being transported; even though he onlytold me about it and I didn't actually see it myself it's haunted me ever since. I know I signed lots of petitions years ago to stop it happening.

Everything I have read suggests that horses are not exported live for slaughter from the UK. However, there may well be some illegal export going on. Unfortunately if we in the UK ate more horsemeat it would be unlikely to stop that, since we already export horsemeat to Europe. Not sure if I'm making any sense but I think I know what I mean.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26050572

www.gettingoutofhere.co.uk/horses.html#ponies

This link makes it clear that exporting live horses for slaughter is banned.

A butcher has been told to take down his display because people do not like the look of it. I have just heard him on the radio, and it's not the vegetarians or vegans who are complaining.

I'm not sure what affect seling horsemeat here would have on a horses value[supply and demand and all that]. It's a very dangerous time for a horse/pony when it's value goes down to it's meat value .

I am very like you Iam64 I probably only eat meat 2 or 3 times a week I really like Quorn I do eat mainly chicken or turkey and also get it from a reliable source cant bear to eat eggs if they are not free range and have never eaten anything more 'exotic' since I lived overseas I don't like fish but do like sea food however horse is a live creature like all the others we do eat and in my opinion as long as they are killed humanly I can't see a difference