”It is a huge amount of wasted food”

Apparently, it's so expensive to slaughter and process old horses in Finland that farmers aren't bothering to make the meat available for humans.
As a result, we get sub-headlines such as this:
Processing of horse meat has ground to halt, as owners are left empty-handed

via Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Home

”It is a huge amount of wasted food”, says Pauliina Räisänen, an entrepreneur who runs a horse stable in Sotkamo in Eastern Finland.

Lest you wonder, "In fact, a horse cannot be buried just anywhere. ... It is forbidden to dig a large hole in the ground in a designated groundwater area. "