Horse slaughter plants are legal again in the United States. Restrictions on horse meat processing for human consumption have been lifted.

In a bipartisan effort, the House of Representatives and the United States Senate approved the Conference Committee report on spending bill H2112, which among other things, funds the United States Department of Agriculture. On November 18th, as the country was celebrating Thanksgiving, President Obama signed a law, allowing Americans to kill and eat horses.

Essentially, one turkey was pardoned in the presence of worldwide media while in the shadows, buried under pages of fiscal regulation, millions of horses were sentenced to death.

What's next? The McStallion burger with mchorsey sauce? The new commercial jingle? "A horse is a horse, of course of course, and this is the meal the obama's endorse, they like their horse covered in sauce in between 2 slices of bread."

I know we have some horse racing fans here and the sad part is many of you voted Obama. C'mon, just admit it, we know who you are. Don't blame me, I didn't vote. 🐴=p~

I heard the horse meat will be pressed into boneless hot wing shapes.... 😟

My annual Birthday Dinner at Ruth's Chris is in 1.5 weeks. They always have buffalo or bison on the menu, which I have never even considered trying. The regular filet-mignon there is too gamey for me. Should I give horse fillet-mignon a try if the have it or should I play it safe with a strip-steak?

I wonder if there are any good smoker recipes for horse?

All kiiding aside - thats nasty!

I dunno... I guess if during or after the Zombie Apocalypse I run out of twinkies I might eat a horse... 🤔

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Hilarious!=d>

When President Barack Obama signed the spending bill into law on November 18, another piece of the legislation trotted in under the radar.

In 2006, Congress "prohibited the use of federal funds to inspect horses destined for food, effectively prohibiting domestic slaughter" according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Currently, there are no horse slaughterhouses in the U.S. If that were to change, the USDA assured it would conduct the appropriate inspections to ensure humane methods of handling the animals and humane slaughter in a statement.

While horses could soon be legally butchered, no money was actually allocated for horse meat inspections in the bill; ultimately, it'd be up to the USDA to find funding in its present shoestring budget.

The Humane Society has already published a Horse Slaughter Petition Act on its Web site, writing: "Horses in America are not raised as food animals; they are companions and the very symbols of our freedom. When horse slaughter did exist in the United States, USDA documentation confirms that it was a bloody and terrifying process."

And in a unexpected twist, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is in favor of the USDA's decision, supporting domestic horse slaughtering instead of shipping horses to Mexico or Canada for slaughter.

“It's quite an unpopular position we've taken,” PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk told the Christian Science Monitor. “There was a rush to pass a bill that said you can't slaughter them anymore in the United States. But the reason we didn't support it, which sets us almost alone, is the amount of suffering that it created exceeded the amount of suffering it was designed to stop.”

What about the vampire zombie horses drafter?

mmmm...lasix=p~

If they have Elk....do it!

I hate chain Steakhouses...
Might as well eat at The Sizzler...

(well one exception.The Palm)

TICO's

I always order "horsey sauce" at Arbys, it makes the meal.

Love the Horse is a horse ditty!