Argentina | Salta | Meeting with horse dealer | Horsemeat Import
The transport distance to the slaughterhouse Solemar in Chimpay is 1900 km.
In the morning, we meet with a slaughter horse dealer in a small town near Salta in the north of Argentina. He is the main dealer in this area and has two horse collecting stations. He tells us that he sends only about three trucks per month to slaughter at this time of the year, as they have not yet started bringing the horses down from the mountains. This will happen in about one month. He further explains that he sends the horses to the slaughterhouse Solemar in Chimpay as opposed to the one in Rio Cuarto, which would be much closer, because Solemar is paying better prices. Chimpay in the Province of Rio Negro is 1900 km away from here and the transport takes more than 30 hours.
