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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:06 PM Original message |
A Baltimore (Home of the Preakness) teevee report says two horses die **daily** from racing |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. How many cows are slaughtered every day? Pigs? Chickens? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. for food... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's all about using an animal for a purpose. Food or sport makes no difference. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That's BS... |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Do you eat chicken? Beef? Pork? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. i have a problem with horse racing due to how the animals are treated |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yes, and chickens are bred to have abnormally large breasts... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Hmmm horse-meat, if memory serves goes into some animal feed |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. they shouldn't race them so young though |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's when they're the fastest...that's when they run. |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. it's sickening |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Look at the type of people who own these animals...it's all you need to know. |
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Prefer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's Michael Vick all over again |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. I suspect the problem is the breeding.... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Thoroughbreds are inbred freaks |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. They race them too young..and who knows what drugs they pump them up with? |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. They race too young, |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. "...should the industry be sufficiently pressured to do so." |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. A good start would be for PETA |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-05-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not that so much |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. Horses are so fragile. They can barely eat without dying (get their guts all |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. It just seems to me that a horse was not meant to run top speed around a track..... |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. Horse racing consumes horses like auto racing consumes engines. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-06-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
24. Not to be insensitive, but people die all the damn time |
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