Horses
The other dark meat.
Yes, they do shoot horses, said Douglas Waller in Time. But they may not be doing so for very much longer, at least not for the purpose of selling them as food. Last week, under the watchful eye of horse-loving actress Bo Derek, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. Most Americans don
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