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Originally Posted by blueangel
The Barbaro story is so sad and so tragic. Horse racing must be abolished. It's a cruel "sport". How many know the "real" story behind horse racing?
These horses are doped up to mask their injuries. Since they can't feel pain when they're racing, their bones can shatter.
They're whipped.. Animal Aid found that sometimes they're whipped as many as 30 times during a race.
They're bred for speed-- but there in lies the problem. They have legs that are too thin and fragile for the body. At the high speeds they run, they are just accidents, lie Barbaro, waiting to happen.
Do you know what happens to race horses that no longer win? Many are sold for slaughter for dog and cat food.
Here are some interesting articles:
http://www.chai-online.org/en/campai...ng_experts.htm
http://www.chai-online.org/en/compas...ent_racing.htm
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node...&lastnode_id=0
Before heading to the track... please do some reading. |
Concern for Helping Animals in Israel? Are you serious?
I'm not going to go on a big spiel because it is off topic......but I have a cousin in Colorado who has raised thoroughbreds, raced them, and is also a national champion equestrian rider........she is a huge animal freak and she would strongly disagree with about 98% of what you posted, especially about racing and riding injured horses. Her mom, my aunt, is also one of the top vets in the Denver/Evergreen area and would have issues with alot of that as well.