There&#039;s a horse butcher&#039;s around the corner from my flat in Paris, but I have a feeling it won&#039;t be there much longer; indeed, I don&#039;t remember noticing it when I was there in December.I&#039;ve eaten horse once, with a bunch of chef&#039;s in Tokyo. Of course it was the deep end of the equine culinary experience: horse sashimi. But I ate it, and survived it. I didn&#039;t like it or dislike it - I didn&#039;t feel I could have an opinion beyond my unhappiness at eating a chunk of raw Dobbin. Indeed, I suppose at some level, I&#039;m a poor gastronome, since I get a bit squeamish about eating even something like rabbit, which I perceive as cat-like.As far as the ethics go, I&#039;m with you, particularly with the pork thing; pigs are said to be smarter than dogs. And beyond the cruelty issue, there&#039;s the issue of the environment. But I don&#039;t want to go down that road, just in case Tom Caine is monitoring this thread...