None in the United States because all the animal hippies got it outlawed.
All types, all unwanted horses and foals are slaughtered. Its cruel and horrible... I hate it...
no but horses are:( zebras are slaughtered for their skin:(
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Many horses are saved from slaughter everyday, however just as many, if not more are not saved. There are many ways to help keep horses from being slaughtered, you can Google horse slaughter prevention and find many useful websites.
Any state in the USA could legally slaughter horses at one time. Horses were slaughtered for many years and their meat used in the pet food industry. Technically horse slaughter was not made illegal, The inspection of slaughtered horses by USDA veterinarians was defunded by the federal government.
24 horses ran in the 2008 Melbourne Cup.
For the year 2009 Canada produced 18,000 lbs. of horse meat. That's a lot of horses. I couldn't find numbers specifically for Calgary.
Unfortunately horses are still slaughtered for their meat.
23 according to the website the chronicle of horses 2008 Olympics
There is no slaughter age for a horse. Horses can and are slaughtered at any age provided they meet specific drug testing requirements and are slaughtered in a slaughterhouse that has funded meat safety inspections.
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Horses are the ones that you hear about the most, but nowadays they are just as likely to be slaughtered and eaten.