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Horse Racing? Cruelty to Animals?

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delalluvia:

--- Quote from: Artiste on May 18, 2008, 01:13:02 pm ---So, it depemds on  their owners who are helpful or curel ??

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It always depends on the people involved.  That's why it's up to people to push for laws to make the owners only race 5 year olds.  If that becomes the case, many owners will be unable to maintain the large stables that they do, the numbers involved in racing will drop.

However, this will directly impact the tax revenues for those states with legalized horse-racing and large tracks and therefore many areas will be uninclined to do this.

injest:

--- Quote from: Artiste on May 18, 2008, 01:13:02 pm ---So, it depemds on  their owners who are helpful or curel ??

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yes

Marge_Innavera:
I voted "other" as I have nothing against either horse racing or dog racing per se.  Delalluvia pointed out that horse racing is an extension of a horse's natural instinct and greyhound racing is as well -- greyhounds will race each other in play whether they've had any racing training or not; it's nature's way of developing and maintaining hunting skills.

But in both areas of racing, animals are treated as commodities and there, as in other aspects of contemporary life, short-term gain and short-term thinking trumps everything.  In both cases, animals are being bred for specific short-term characteristics with only one thing in mind: winning races consistently in a comparatively short career so the owner can profit from breeding.  And far too many animals are being bred.

The industries aren't going to change unless a lot of citizen pressure is put on them. But in dog racing at least, there don't seem to be any well-organized groups who are willing to work with people in the industry who do care about the animals -- and there are many -- to get better regulation.  They seem to be limited to groups like PETA, who simply want racing to go away altogether.

Artiste:
Is cock fighting worst, since they fight till death, I think ??

delalluvia:
Cock- and dog-fighting are cruel and should be outlawed and the perpetrators should be pursued and punished to the full extent of the law.

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