pacino wrote:why it's illegal to eat horse? i would think it would be a gamy, tasteless meat, but don't get why it's illegal in some places.
It's not illegal in the US. And "gamy" and "tasteless" are pretty much opposites - not sure which you mean.
It's "taboo" because of the close relationship between people and horses - even when horses were essentially draft animals, rather than pets, they weren't often eaten. Where it's illegal, I imagine it's primarily codifying this.