# Are Horses made in to glue **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 2, 2000, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705 "2000-12-02T10:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705/1 "2000-12-02T10:22:46Z")
While i was reading this particular answer i was reminded of a job i had as a student. My friend Steve and I were working at a factory that made cardboard displays for companies including Kodak etc… One particular line we were making was for the Body Shop’s endangered species line of cosmetics etc… Geuss what kind of glue we used to keep the cardboard pieces together…yep Animal glue - mostly made from old or sick farm creatures like sheep! Sorry Anita I thought that you might like to know! ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705/2 "2000-12-02T14:24:04Z")
And the title of Lynn’s science report (on which she got an A+!) was [Are horses really made into glue?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhorseglue.html) ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705/3 "2000-12-04T10:08:48Z")
> [@](#): > > They take fat and bone trimmings from grocery stores, waste scraps from restaurants, and dead animals. > They cook the meat and fat products together and grind it up. It’s used for _animal feed_ and non-edible products like soap, various lubricants, and of course glue–the heavy kind that’s used to glue furniture together, for example. I wonder how old the sources are here? Over 4 years ago, the feeding of animal products to other animals was banned here in the UK, because of, you guessed it, BSE. It has only recently, I believe, been banned in Germany because of a rise in the number of cases of non-British cattle related BSE in the German herd. It’s an extremely dangerous policy to follow, not to mention costly in the long run. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705/4 "2000-12-04T14:22:12Z")
I listed most of my sources, and I believe that most of my sources are from the US. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705/5 "2000-12-05T03:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Over 4 years ago, the feeding of animal products to other animals was banned here in the UK So what do they make dog food out of now? ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-horses-made-in-to-glue/43705/6 "2000-12-05T07:35:09Z")
Although I’ve not read the legislation, I assume it’s applied only to feeding animal products to other animals which have the potential to enter the human food chain. And we’re OK, even if mad dog disease appears, we have a dangerous dogs act…which may be one of the worst pieces of legislation in history, but that’s a different story.