Why the rumpus?

Is now the right time to trot out my suggestion that instead of selling off just weaned foals for less than the price of a packet of fags to be shipped overseas for slaughter, that we consider sending them to "growers" to have a couple of years before they provide a good deal more meat locally:)

As for the article - so what? We had a lamb kill itself by toppling a water bowser on top of it. We ate it, we certainly didn't pay to send it off for cremation - well only the carcase because DEFRA insist - tenner at the hunt.
 
jemima*askin said:
Is now the right time to trot out my suggestion that instead of selling off just weaned foals for less than the price of a packet of fags to be shipped overseas for slaughter, that we consider sending them to "growers" to have a couple of years before they provide a good deal more meat locally:)

As for the article - so what? We had a lamb kill itself by toppling a water bowser on top of it. We ate it, we certainly didn't pay to send it off for cremation - well only the carcase because DEFRA insist - tenner at the hunt.
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I completely agree (and Im vegetarian!)
 
If this had happened on the continent nothing would be made of it. I raise store goats for the ethnic population, who prefer goat meat, you should hear what visitors here think of cute baby goats actually being EATEN! They don't like it one little bit.

Jemma, you have a point, nothing wrong with that at all, I believe that is how it happens where horses are raised for meat. Nobody thinks anything of doing the same for cattle, sheep or pigs.
 
I agree with all of you .

But I have another question: Why is the article illustrated by a photo of a very very small horse standing on back of a much bigger one? :eek::eek:
 
Seems like a sensible thing to do. Pony was going to be put down anyway, so why 'throw it away' when it could be useful?

But then, I have eaten roadkill in the past...:o
 
I do love a good bbq...I do not see a problem..the pony was not destroyed for meat but due to an unfortunate accident so i doubt the pony will really care what happened to it after if was gone..
 
I can't really see the difference between that and BBQ with dead lambs and calves and piglets.
 
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what the article doesn't point out is that the area in question is very inaccessible....either a footpath into the peninsula or a ferry twice a day max I think it is...
so taking away the dead foal(broke leg by all accounts) to the mainland wouldn't be easy. Also burying it would be hard as if you look as pics of the area its all rock land and not a lot of areas that would be suitable to dig a big enough hole...
I don't see the problem with it and think the paper has nothing better to write about...
 
I don't like the thought of it as I am veggie, but the foal was injured, had to be pts anyway. Presumably it was done humanely, so no big deal!
 
I had my best beltex lamb brain itself at a month old. I said to my neighbour did he want it for his dogs. He said far too good for dogs, and they ate it themselves. For me that was a far better outcome than putting it in a bag and the knackerer charging to uplift it, at least it was used which was the best outcome when it was dead anyway. No difference with this pony which sounds like it was yearling not a foal anyway but foal sounds more dramatic I expect :rolleyes: the exmoor pony society man needs to get a grip!
 
What do these idiots think happens to most wild ponies taken off the moor and down to market? I've eaten horsemeat knowingly and don't see the problem. Who hasn't been to a hog roast? How old do you think that pig was? A family friend kept some goats, chickens etc and had a licence to slaughter his own stock. One of my old school teachers bred show goats and unfortunately at birth billy goats outnumber nannies rather dramatically so someone used to immediately take the billy kids, slaughter them and send the dressed bodies back to her to eat. We have such terrible double standards in this country.
 
Exactly as said by you all - why the fuss? I don't understand why the owner is embarrassed frankly. No harm done and in this age of recycling very appropriate.
 
this is a very old story that a paper saw fit to regurgitate this year due to the horsemeat scandal. the breeder has done an awful lot of good work for this breed and doesn't deserve questionable publicity. she's a very responsible breeder of great ponies. it's a very remote part of the UK, life is pretty tough there.
 
I think it was an excellent idea. .!!! Personally I wouldnt wish to eat it but I do not see the issue?? :confused:
As someone else already pointed out we have terrible double standards in the UK.
 
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