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minus-squaredjsaskdja@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoHealth or culture more than religion in some cases. Same reason we don’t eat horses, cats, and dogs in the west. They’re companion species for us the same as some of these are for them.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe horses thing I think is specifically an American and English thing though I think, but yeah.
minus-squareTomato666@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou can eat horse in France
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIIRC, Germany, Italy, and Spain too. Pretty much all of “the west” It’s fine and not that abnormal besides England and the US.
Health or culture more than religion in some cases. Same reason we don’t eat horses, cats, and dogs in the west. They’re companion species for us the same as some of these are for them.
The horses thing I think is specifically an American and English thing though I think, but yeah.
You can eat horse in France
IIRC, Germany, Italy, and Spain too. Pretty much all of “the west” It’s fine and not that abnormal besides England and the US.