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1000 Horses Killed
A AB post about a kitten dropped in a wheelie bin or a dog maltreated is guaranteed to generated many tens of posts condeming the people who participate in such cruelty.
In the meantime racehorses are being killed every week. We have just seen the 1000th horse killed since 2007.
// A thousand horses have died on Britain's racecourses since 2007, according to records kept by an animal rights organisation. Animal Aid's "Death Watch" list reached the 1,000 mark late last month when a seven-year-old gelding, Hired Hand, was destroyed at Bangor-on-Dee, Clwyd, after being injured in a race. //
http:// www.the guardia n.com/w orld/20 13/aug/ 03/thou sand-ho rses-di ed-on-b ritish- racecou rses
Maybe we just pretend to e a nation of animal lovers? Why else would we turn a blind eye to such carnage on the race track?
In the meantime racehorses are being killed every week. We have just seen the 1000th horse killed since 2007.
// A thousand horses have died on Britain's racecourses since 2007, according to records kept by an animal rights organisation. Animal Aid's "Death Watch" list reached the 1,000 mark late last month when a seven-year-old gelding, Hired Hand, was destroyed at Bangor-on-Dee, Clwyd, after being injured in a race. //
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Maybe we just pretend to e a nation of animal lovers? Why else would we turn a blind eye to such carnage on the race track?
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it absolutely is cruel. saying they are trained for it or bred for it is just an excuse - and a poor one. horses may love to run, but they do not like being beaten so they run faster, they do not like being forced to run so hard they collapse, they do not like being forced to jump fences that are dangerously high and they certainly do not like being injured in falls. they...
00:14 Sun 04th Aug 2013
It is awful when something like that happens, but is a risk in sport. I am an animal lover and have always had horses and worked in Racing yards. This is not cruelty. It is something horses are trained for and most of them love. Horses are also killed on the roads out hacking.
The difference is that nobody wanted the horse to come to harm. It was not deliberate.
The difference is that nobody wanted the horse to come to harm. It was not deliberate.
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I bet 153 people aren't as bothered at 1000 horses being killed.
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I bet 153 people aren't as bothered at 1000 horses being killed.
it absolutely is cruel.
saying they are trained for it or bred for it is just an excuse - and a poor one.
horses may love to run, but they do not like being beaten so they run faster, they do not like being forced to run so hard they collapse,
they do not like being forced to jump fences that are dangerously high and they certainly do not like being injured in falls.
they enjoy running but they don't know they could be hurt, they don't know they will be killed when they are no longer useful.
lots of things are enjoyable - until they kill you.
but we have a choice - they don't.
also no-one had ever ever suggested that the deaths are deliberate!
why on earth would they be? when ever would it be 'on purpose'?
of course no one wants the horse to come to harm - they are of no use if they are harmed....
that is a pointless argument
this number amounts to one horse death about every 2 days... but hey, that's what happens in sport eh?
saying they are trained for it or bred for it is just an excuse - and a poor one.
horses may love to run, but they do not like being beaten so they run faster, they do not like being forced to run so hard they collapse,
they do not like being forced to jump fences that are dangerously high and they certainly do not like being injured in falls.
they enjoy running but they don't know they could be hurt, they don't know they will be killed when they are no longer useful.
lots of things are enjoyable - until they kill you.
but we have a choice - they don't.
also no-one had ever ever suggested that the deaths are deliberate!
why on earth would they be? when ever would it be 'on purpose'?
of course no one wants the horse to come to harm - they are of no use if they are harmed....
that is a pointless argument
this number amounts to one horse death about every 2 days... but hey, that's what happens in sport eh?
There is sometimes a bit of nonsense said or suggested by people associated with jumping racing viz. that horses once ran wild over the plains (true) and so they jump naturally (not true). You only have to see the height of the post and rail fencing around Newmarket's paddocks to see the error; it's nowhere near as high as the typical racecourse fence, but the horses within don't jump out.
Once they are schooled for jumping, they get in the habit to do so when encouraged by a rider. You see them running loose in races when they unseat the rider and some will jump fences thus, but that's just because they are in a pack and don't want to lose it. You don't see it often, and those that do always run out at some point. Most don't even bother to jump. Amusingly, older horses run straight back to the racecourse stable entrance; they're no fools, they know where their friends and the food and a rest are!
Once they are schooled for jumping, they get in the habit to do so when encouraged by a rider. You see them running loose in races when they unseat the rider and some will jump fences thus, but that's just because they are in a pack and don't want to lose it. You don't see it often, and those that do always run out at some point. Most don't even bother to jump. Amusingly, older horses run straight back to the racecourse stable entrance; they're no fools, they know where their friends and the food and a rest are!
its quality not quantity.
the notion that they are only alive because they have been bred to race, so if they don't race they won't exist - is pointless.
it is often the same 'argument' trotted out when people defend other forms of animal cruelty - as though the species could not survive without our interference with breeding programmes!
as though churning them out to serve our selfish needs is better that just letting them procreate on their own.
they managed perfectly well before, and they will after.
as for horses liking to race - maybe they do - but the horses racing is not the problem - it is the courses they are forced to race on - they dangerous jumps.
and the beating them - forcing them beyond their comfort levels.
if they lowered the jumps and banned the whips, there would be no problem.
but they won't do that ... because there's nothing in it for them.
the notion that they are only alive because they have been bred to race, so if they don't race they won't exist - is pointless.
it is often the same 'argument' trotted out when people defend other forms of animal cruelty - as though the species could not survive without our interference with breeding programmes!
as though churning them out to serve our selfish needs is better that just letting them procreate on their own.
they managed perfectly well before, and they will after.
as for horses liking to race - maybe they do - but the horses racing is not the problem - it is the courses they are forced to race on - they dangerous jumps.
and the beating them - forcing them beyond their comfort levels.
if they lowered the jumps and banned the whips, there would be no problem.
but they won't do that ... because there's nothing in it for them.
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