those people love their horses... they would NEVER purposefully injure, hurt or kill if they didnt have to.
tw On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes and no. I think what happened last Sunday is the result of generations of > breeding large chests and very thin legs, in order to create a faster animal. > Perhaps its time for the horse breeding industry to rethink its current > direction. > > > >That's the question. Is horse-racing cruel? > > > >People say "horses love to run". Sure, put horses in a pasture, and they'll > >run around. Trot, canter, gallop, whatever. > > > >How many horses die of injuries sustained while "running" in the pasture for > >fun? > > > >How many die from injuries sustained in racing? > > > >I didn't watch the Kentucky Derby. I have no interest in horse racing > >beyond the fact that I have all of the Black Stallion books (read them when > >I was young). > > > >I'm kinda glad I didn't because I guess they euthanized one of the horses > >right on the track. > > > >-- > >Rick Root > >New Brian Vander Ark Album, songs in the music player and cool behind the > >scenes video at www.myspace.com/brianvanderark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259830 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
