ANBI 320.3 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 Horse
20 Jun 2018
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Lecture 1: The Horse in Society
Hippology- the study of horses
Hippophagy – act of eating horse
What is the horse`s role in society?
How did that role come into being or how did it evolve?
What can you do with a horse?
- Ride it
- Drive it
- Lead it
- Pet it
- Bet on it ( horse racing)
- Eat it
- Therapeutic use
We know that horses were hunted for meat 10,000 years ago; would not be the easiest prey
due to hoe fast they are and can run a long way
Today, at least in North America, we are looking at horse a little differently:
- American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act: which prohibited shipping, transport, moving,
delivering, receiving, processing, purchasing, selling or donation of horses and other
equines to be slaughtered for human consumption and for other purposes.
- It is not illegal in the US to slaughter horses for human consumption BUT there are no
horse slaughter facilities in the US
- Horse rescue and adoption associations have proliferated as the movement to end the
slaughter of horses for meat gains ground
o How might this movement affect the horse industry?
We now look at horses we are going to adopt instead of buying a horse
Adoption you become the guardian and the horse is no longer an object
oWhat are some of the possible negative repercussions of ending the slaughter
of horses?
Aryan people (on Asian steppes between the Black and Caspian seas) domesticated the horse at
least 6,000 years ago.
The first equids domesticated were the: Tarpan, Onager, and Ass
- It is believed that the tarpan was used as a pack animal and was ridden and driven in
addition to being used as a source of meat and milk.
- The onager was maintained as a source of protein and appears to have been used to
pull chariots
Cattle were used as pack and draught animals before horses
- On the Asian steppes, the horse had the advantage over cattle of being hardier, faster,
and requiring less water
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Document Summary
We know that horses were hunted for meat 10,000 years ago; would not be the easiest prey due to hoe fast they are and can run a long way. Today, at least in north america, we are looking at horse a little differently: American horse slaughter prevention act: which prohibited shipping, transport, moving, delivering, receiving, processing, purchasing, selling or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption and for other purposes. It is not illegal in the us to slaughter horses for human consumption but there are no horse slaughter facilities in the us. We now look at horses we are going to adopt instead of buying a horse. Aryan people (on asian steppes between the black and caspian seas) domesticated the horse at least 6,000 years ago. The first equids domesticated were the: tarpan, onager, and ass.
