Recent content by Coolkat

I have no reason to discredit GTF, I don't know her or anything about her, so I don't have a clue where you get that idea from. As for spoiling for an argument, the whole purpose of a forum such as this is so people can express their opinion. It appears that if that's different to yours, then...

[ QUOTE ] I think thats a rather extreme view Coolkat. The market for horse meat (to eat) will not drop to zero, therefore the farmers will not stop breeding. Not unless there is some horse meat scare, similar to Edwina Currie's Salmonella in eggs one over here quite a long time ago now...

So, it works differently in Hungary then? Here is an example of a country that has no rescuers, BUT sky high meat prices. But that's not relevant, because in France if you took the rescuers away, there would be no market. Despite the fact that horses have been bred for meat for many, many years...

Yes, I'm aware of that. He is saying that there are no people 'fuelling the trade' there by rescuing, and yet the meat prices are still sky high. One of the main points in the 'anti rescue' argument is that if the rescuers stop rescuing, there would be no market for the horses so the farmers...

And have you actually read this http://www.newrider.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2094898&postcount=6 Rather contradicts your argument that the French horse rescuers are fuelling the trade