Horse glue?!?!?!?!?

Question

is glue really made from horses if no was it ever

Answer 1

A hundred years ago, many old horses were killed and sent to the glue factory. But today, most glue is made from the bones and hooves of cattle, which thanks to the fast-food burger places, there are a lot of these by-products to be used. Although Elmer's firmly states their products are made from synthetic materials and are not derived from processing horses, cows or any other animals.

Answer 2

They make glue from horses bones. Animal-sourced glue is made from connective tissue, found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage in vertebrate animals. Dead horses are often sent to a rendering plant where this happens. The sad thing about the whole deal is that Congress are passing laws restricting the export of horse-meat, which is sad only because a horse can live a long & productive life, and then die & still become a tasty meal; Cows must die young to be "palatable". Which seems the "kinder" industry to you? But yes, a fine glue can be made from almost any vertebrate.

Answer 3

Some forms of glue IS made from animals. Horses are not exclusive to the production of glue, it comes from waste animal products, cooked down, treated chemically, de-scented and whitners added (ordinary glue is browish in color and opaque)

Did you know that horses are being killed for food? Yes its true. Right here in America there are three meat factories that have killed and cut them up for meat to be shipped overseas.

Many of our horses are being shipped in huge ships over seas to be killed and eaten, foals and burros too! Write the Humane Society of the United States and get involved to stop this!!!

Answer 4

Animal (origin) glue is made from connective tissue, found in hoofs, bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage in vertebrate animals.

Rendering plants are the recycling links in the food chain. They take fat and bone trimmings from grocery stores, waste scraps from restaurants, and dead animals. They cook the meat and fat products together and grind it up. It's used for animal feed and non-edible products like soap, various lubricants, and of course glue--the heavy kind that's used to glue furniture together, for example.

But as I say, the rendering plant isn't the only possible destination for a horse that's outlived its usefulness. Horsemeat is considered a delicacy in some countries. Some slaughterhouses will happily accept and process horsemeat if it's commercially feasible. I've read that they buy horses in the United States for about 50 cents a pound and sell the horsemeat overseas for about $15 a pound. The Bureau of Land Management periodically comes under fire for its wild horse/burro adoption program as reports of "adopted" animals going to the slaughterhouse surface. See www.cnie.org/nle/biodv-33.html for more information.

Answer 5

I think horse glue used to be made from a horse's hooves, but I don't know if that's true or not.

Answer 6

Glues like Elmer's glue and paste is made from the hooves of many animals. You also get jello.

Answer 7

Not any more, but hooves used to be a main ingredient; just look at a bottle of Elmer's glue, that's why they have the image of a bull.

Answer 8

The collagen in the hooves is used to make glue.

Answer 9

there is a natural occuring adhesive in the joins and marrow of all skeletons, when they are boiled down it can be extracted and used as an ingredient in glue.

Answer 10

Yes I think it really is made from horses somehow