“The current methods being used by your agencies, including helicopter roundups, are inhumane and unnecessary,” Gov. Jared Polis and four congressional representatives wrote in a letter this month.

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        If I see any purple meat anywhere I’m not eating it and I’m never going back to that business.

        What are we even doing? The horse is a key icon tied to southern and cowboy culture - and they want to just chop them up? Most people here don’t want to eat an animal that’s as close a friend as dogs.

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          It was more of a joke. The official reason they state is population control I think. But it was announced awfully close to the beef import thing and people just immediately associated them.

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            It’s very shady timing imo. Especially if they sell the meat outside of the US for processing, then it makes its way back in via being mixed in with other meat sources.