Everyone has a ‘sacred cow’: Horse slaughter banned in US

IANS, New York | Updated: Oct 10, 2015 17:49 IST

Everyone has a ‘sacred cow’. Even the American who ridicules the Indian’s opposition to cow slaughter. Here, the American’s ‘sacred cow’ is the horse.... American horses, however, still fall to the butchers’ knives as they are transported to Canada and Mexico which allow horse slaughter. The SAFE Act, if passed, would stop the exports.
Although horse meat is eaten in several countries and cultures, including European, organisations in the US, especially those of the Indian diaspora, that oppose cow slaughter ban in India on the grounds that people should have the right to eat what they want have been silent on horse slaughter ban.
The ASPCA and the Humane Society say they oppose horse slaughter because of the cruelty to the animals, but they do not advocate a cow slaughter ban...
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