On Horse Racing
May 8, 2008 by mmg
Most of my knowledge and efforts in the animal rights arena has involved companion animals and farmed animals. Until recently, I hadn’t thought that much about the implications of things like marine parks (more on that later), zoos (ditto) and horse racing. The recent Kentucky Derby and tragic death of Eight Belles has prompted me to look at this “sport” in greater detail. A recent article in the New York Times, written by William C. Rhoden, sums things up much better than I possibly could, so you should totally go read it and then pretend that it was me saying it (don’t I sound smart?). If it doesn’t change your feelings on horse racing all together, I hope it will at least prompt you to think about it a little bit more.
You do sound smart. I never thought about how bad horse racing was before, so you did your job today.
But just for today. So keep writing.
Thank you, I am quite smart indeed. And I shall continue to enlighten you, one authentic post a day.
A great post. I absolutely love horses and used to like horse racing when I was little. I wrote these stories about horses. This one might be of interest to you. Check back for updates.
http://daagelle.wordpress.com/das-stories/mini-stories/mini-story-2-one-horse/