Guardian’s Wild Horse Meat Story Contains 92% Beef

Michael Moss’ powerful New York Times investigation into the United States Department of Agriculture’s Meat Animal Research Center, titled "U.S. Research Lab Lets Livestock Suffer In Quest For Profit," predictably outraged readers. The collective angst came not just because of the center’s ghoulish and inept experimentation; not just because the research animals suffered to boost profits in the livestock industry; but because the public learned that taxpayers had footed the bill — and had been doing so — for fifty years.

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