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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 20, 13 May 1908, Page 10

With American beef, pork, and mutton barred from her mar! ids, Germany is becoming a rival of !•’ranee in the consumption of horse flesh as food. .Most German citie-.. especially the large manufacturing tow ns, now possess markets for the sale of horse meat, and dog me it K not unknown. Indeed, advertisement* for dogs t«» Is* slaughtered are frequeirtly published in the newspapers. Government statistics show that, in l!M)6 upward nf 182.000 horses and about 7,000 dogs were killed in Germany for food. The rapid increase in the number of horses consumed is accompanied by a corresponding decrease in (he consumption of beef and mutton, and is attributed to the higher cost, of the latter foods.