Pa. restaurant gets angry response after serving horse meat

PITTSBURGH -- A Pittsburgh restaurant is causing a stir after serving horse.

KDKA-TV reports that Cure Restaurant hosted a special dinner with Canadian chefs on Monday. The Quebecois-themed fare included horse tartare.

Horse welfare advocate Joy Braunstein says she was outraged to hear that horse was served. Braunstein says that there are no American slaughter plants that handle horses. She adds that horses are given medication that is toxic to humans if ingested.

Cure chef and co-owner Justin Severino released a statement explaining that the meat was sourced from a sustainable horse farm in Canada. Severino says that the dish is not part of the regular menu.

Horse is served in Canada and other countries.

Braunstein has started an online petition to ban horse meat from being served in Pennsylvania restaurants.

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