Mickmeister
Registered Senior Member
It has all to do with our social values compared to the rest of the world. We value dogs differently that a lot of other countries do. The same goes with horses, cattle, and pigs. We value horses as a companion, like dogs, yet in Europe, horse meat is acceptable. Many Americans do not know that there are horse slaughter houses in the US and almost all of the meat is shipped overseas. Take Islam, pork is prohibited and in Hindu, meat is prohibited. We think nothing of eating either.