2006-08-15 15:08:04 · 6 answers · asked by Syd 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
When people kill horses now, it's not for the "gelatin" in their hooves. People kill horses for land. By the way, when the pioneers HAD to kill their horse, they used every part of that horse. It was called survival.
2006-08-15 15:26:33 · answer #1 · answered by jadenn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they don't. The gelatin is a very tiny part of the horse and it would not make sense to kill the horse for such a small amount. If a horse is being slaughtered and butchered anyway then they might as well get what they can from the hooves. In general horses are not eaten by people in North America but they are in other parts of the world. Of course some horse meat gets into dog food. I have also seen horses butchered to make feed for mink on fur farms.
2006-08-15 15:15:26 · answer #2 · answered by David H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no , the gealtin we use is from beef. there are only a handful of plants in the U.S. that deal with horse , mainly for dog food and even those have come under fire by animal rights groups in recent years
2006-08-15 18:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they kill horses for dog food, the glue is a by-product
2006-08-15 15:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, gelatin is made from pulverized bones from food animals, like beef
2006-08-15 15:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make glue from horse bones - usually when they are old and need to be put down anyway.
2006-08-15 15:15:08 · answer #6 · answered by Michael S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋