Wild horses sold by US later ending up at slaughterhouses?

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10. Technically, cattle are an invasive species, too

Horses and cattle were both brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Horses were roaming the west and being ridden by natives in the 1700's. On that basis, they probably have a better claim on being non-invasive than cattle.

Bison are a different story.

As for eating horses versus cattle, I tend to agree that there isn't much of a moral distinction, at least one that can be argued on non-sentimental grounds. But I think there should be space for wild horses in the west.