--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 05:49:31PM -0500, Karen Thomas wrote: > > It is to a lot of us. The time to think about the gaits you want the foals > > to have is before you breed. You don't breed by trial and error and eat > > your mistakes. > > erm. two questions: > > 1. quantifiably, how reliable is breeding for foal gait quality?
I think it can be pretty reliable if you choose two horses with good gaits. > > 2. horsemeat is an important nutritional supply in iceland. what > alternative protein source do you suggest, given their environment, > human population, and the economic factors of food import? > I am not sure anyone wants to tell people in Iceland what to eat. I think we just think that the "slaughtering for quality" argument is really valid. I think this is all tied up in the history of exporting horses somehow, I don't know why they don't just say they like horse meat and that's why they slaughter horses? Kim
