All of those are inhuman and puts the animals involved in horrible postions, often times life threatening. But, in their cultures, they are embraced and loved. PETA has a field day with Michael Vick, Pedro Martinez, and any and all of those celebrities that even SNIFF like they've been around these activities. Yet, I never hear anything on days like today. Days when the Kentucky Derby is run.
Today marked the 134th running of the premier horse race, with Big Brown taking the roses. The runner up, a filly by the tag of Eight Belles, put up a great race. That was until she fell flat after rounding the first turn after the line.
During the course of the race, she had broken both ankles on her front legs. She was euthanized on the track.
Yet, the celebration continues. The talk of if Big Brown can win the Triple Crown. No outrage. No protests. No arrests.
As far as I'm concerned, this is no different then of the "sports" that I listed above. Horse racing is bad. Horse racing is cruel. Yet, horse racing is okay.
It's just another fierce double standard that makes me ashamed to be white at times. Yes, I went there.
Public perception as basically assigned these sports to skin colors.
It's insane. It's wrong. It's hypocritical. It's racist. But, it's the way things seem to be painted.
(Just so you know, I fully understand that all people are guilty when it comes to these "sports". I'm just pointing it out.)
All those tied to dog fighting are revieled and vilified. Same with #### fighting. Yet, those associated with horse racing are revered and painted as the cream of the crop.
All of them train these animals to take to pieces of their nature (aggresion in all cases) and push them to a point where they are almost to the brink.
Fighting is bad. Racing is fine.
Dogs and roosters dying is crual and prison worthy. Horses dying is sad and sympathetic.
Dogs have been bred to be killing machines. Horses have been bred to bring their talents to the point where they are able to shine.
I'm not a member of PETA. In fact, a lot of times, I want to punch them in the face for taking some things to far. I am an animal lover. I believe that making animals do anything, ANYTHING, for the enjoyment of the masses or to make major monitary gain is horrible.
I, unlike most of America seemingly, am consistant.
For starters, people who train dogs to fight don't take good care of the dog, same can be said about #### fighting and Bull fighting. These horses are doing what they love to do, some make the argument that fighting dogs feel the same but the difference is the dogs are taught to fight, the horses know they are racing from an early age, these horses are very well kept, and they are not mistreated like the other things you mentioned. Where were you during the whole Barbaro saga, that was much worse than this, got much more attention.
You wrote I am an animal lover. I believe that making animals do anything, ANYTHING, for the enjoyment of the masses or to make major monetary gain is horrible. That was your quote even though I changed the word monetary to it’s correct spelling.
I take it you are against every Zoo and aquarium in the country.
I may be biased; my family owned race horses and I never once saw any of them mistreated.
Do you realize how bad "work horses have it" they work all day and what do they get? Moving plows all day in the sun, race horses lead pretty good lives.
Oh and the last time I checked in the USA horse racing is legal, the others aren’t.
I'm a Seattle sports fan with nothing better to do then to complain about sports. Be it the Mariners, Sonics, Seahawks, the UW Huskies, or anything else that trips my trigger, I'll always write how I feel about any given topic. I love college and pro football, but all sports are on display here.
