about 5 million
well there is no such thing for horses called a mink house. there is a slaughter house and the glue factory. both are illegal in the US
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.
No it is not illegal to export horses for slaughter.
The exact numbers can be hard to come by, however up until the Slaugherthouses were defunded the US produced 25,000 tons of horse meat yearly. In 2005 approximately 94,000 horses were slaughtered in the US and another 20,000 were exported from the US to other slaughter facilities.
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.
Horse meat is considered a delicacy in France, Germany and Belgium, and most of this meat is sent overseas to these countries. Most horses that are raised for slaughter are done so for their meat.
4 million british horses were sent out durin 1914-1918
Panfilo de Narvaez, Cortes took his horse and he imprisoned Narvaez and later sent him to Cuba. The horse was called Arriero.
Yes, It has been banned to Slaughter Horses in the U.S
The slaughter of horses became a problem when horses were replaced by cars and their worth was diminished in the eyes of humans.
Yes they do in many ways... Such as saving mistreated horses...Signing up for this petion to stop horse slaughter...etc etc
To the slaughter house.