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Why we don't eat horse meat: It's economics

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A new study from researchers at Oxford University says the roots of the taboo on horse meat are in the spread of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. But the real reason may be simple economics.

 

Horse bolts into ocean, swims 2 miles

It was a sea rescue made for Hollywood: A horse in a photo shoot on a Southern California beach gets spooked and runs into the water, only to be rescued after swimming more than two miles off shore.

 

S.C. man gets 3 years for sex with horse

A man caught having sex with a horse in a South Carolina stable is sentenced to three years in prison.

 

S.C. man accused of sex with horse — again

S.C. man accused of sex with horse — again

A South Carolina man has been charged a second time with having sex with the same horse, according to news reports from the Palmetto State. Police say Rodell Vereen, 50, was charged with buggery. He'll be in court Monday. If convicted, he faces up to five years in jail. Last July Vereen pleaded guilty to having sex with the same horse on Thanksgiving 2007. He was declared a sex offender, sentenced to three years of...

 

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