Sign of the times - the killing of horses in Miami-Dade County.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hMMg2KGp0r4Wby-rFg9-RXNGWtwgD99PC1000

Horse slaughters have Miami-area owners on edge

MIAMI —

Since January, police say at least 17 horses have been butchered, their carcasses left on roadsides or in stalls or rural pastures.

Police tiptoe around questions about who is doing the killing and why, but animal rights advocates believe the meat is being sold on the black market to people from other countries where horse is a delicacy....

Ivonne Rodriguez had never heard the horror stories, never seen the pictures, until her horse, Geronimo, disappeared from his pasture one February morning. She missed work to post fliers and canvass her neighborhood, asking others if they had seen the good-natured pinto who liked apples and was friendly around children.

A few days later, she got a call from her father. The horse's remains had been discovered under a palm tree, partially hidden by fronds. It had been decapitated and butchered, apparently by thieves who took its meat....

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1. Another prohibition that has engendered a black market

So legalize the selling of horse meat again and the problem is solved.