Sadly, this is another poorly researched article. You report that "Silver, Beatty and McConnell pointed to another factor in Florida. Slaughter houses closed in the state, at the urging of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) a couple of years ago" but none of that is true. How can you take it seriously. Cleary the reporter has interviewed someone with little or no knowledge of the horse industry. Florida never had a horse slaughter facility and PETA has had nothing to do with the issue. On top of that the pet food industry hasn't used horsemeat in their product since the early 70's.

Come on reporters, get off the computer, go out into the sunlight and do a bit of old leg work. The internet is killing journalism.