If not Canada, where?
meat is the same. As far as the zoo world
A few, smaller meat processing plants
goes, horse meat is not a requirement.
around the U.S. that sell horse meat to
An all-beef diet is fine. Everything is
zoos either buy it locally, or kill and
economics,” says Weingartt, whose
process their own. Due to the emotions
family has owned the business for three
and controversy surrounding horse
generations.
slaughter, few owners were interested in
Weingartt says that he has doubts,
speaking to RMR about how they earn
with the current negative feelings about
their livelihood.
horse slaughter plants by the general
Triple A Brand Meat Company in
public, that new horse slaughter houses
Burlington, Colorado, sells a feline diet
will be built in the U.S.
that is made up of “beef muscle meat,
“Again, it’s back to economics,” he
horse muscle meat, bone product, beef
says. “I don’t think horse people will
heart, beef liver, and KanTeck Feline
change public opinion. Who is going to
Complete vitamin/mineral premix.” It is
build a plant that may not be there in a
packaged in three 10-pound, frozen bags
year or two?” asks Weingartt, referring
per box. The company also sells “bovine
to public sentiment, and a proposed
leg shanks,” raw beef hide pieces, and
national law that would make it illegal to
“beef chunk.”
transport horses to slaughter.
Doyle Weingartt, owner of Triple Bravo Packing, Inc., in Carney’s
A, says that his business gets their Point, New Jersey, supplies horse meat to
horse meat fresh from local rendering zoos and removes dead animal carcasses
plants, where unwanted horses are either for veterinarians and individuals. The
brought in already dead, or alive and owner, who angrily refused to identify
then killed at the plant. Triple A sells its himself, and loudly cursed the media and
products to zoos and racing greyhound humane organizations that he declared
owners and trainers. had been harassing him, eventually
“All zoos push for the cheapest diet. calmed down enough to explain that
The nutritional value of beef and horse
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