Not it's perfectly fine, except for that whipping the shit out of them part, so they'll run faster while they have an extremely uncomfortable bit in their mouth.
Nah...that doesn't sound cruel at all. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:259831 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
