Horse Racing - The Cruelty Behind the Glamour

[MoonRiver]

The horse racing industry advertises itself as “glamorous,” but in reality, exploitation, welfare violations, cruelty, and premature deaths are an inherent and unavoidable part of this industry based on greed.

FACTS:

The horse racing industry causes thousands of horses to be born only to be slaughtered or abandoned to an existence of neglect, starvation, and suffering. There are three reasons for this:
Very large numbers must be produced annually to generate a few fast ones to be selected to compete. Of the many thousands bred to race, very few make the grade. The rest must be disposed of.
During training or racing, injuries are common. Injured horses are also euthanized or sold from one owner to another into increasingly worse conditions.
When race horses have finished their career – usually at a very early age, before they are fully mature – they, too, must be disposed of. Their numbers exceed by far the number of humane retirement facilities.

https://savetheworldshorses.wordpress.com/horse-racing-the-cruelty-behind-the-glamour/

Edit: another link

It is known as 'the sport of kings', full of glamour, effort and thrilling competition. But few of the thoroughbred racehorses that gallop their elegant way around the racecourses of Britain every week are left to see out their days grazing in golden pastures.
For thousands of British thoroughbreds that are too old, too slow or not good enough jumpers, the end is brutal: a bullet through the temple or a metal bolt into the side of the brain. Then their carcasses are loaded on to freezer lorries and driven to France, where their flesh is sold as gourmet meat.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/01/horseracing.sport

[napkinz]

1. K&R!

thank your for posting this!

[MoonRiver]

2. You're welcome! Needs to be said.

[napkinz]

3. and this thread needs to be kicked!

[MoonRiver]

5. I believe a lot of people, with good hearts, just don't want to know.

I hope they will eventually open their hearts to the poor animals that are abused and exploited for human greed.

[napkinz]

6. they need to have their eyes opened to have their hearts opened

they have to see the horror

(I have posted some videos and articles in the past on the subject of animal exploitation/cruelty ... with warnings about their graphic nature.)

[MoonRiver]

7. It's very hard to see, but has to be. That's the only way animals can be protected.

P.S. Added another horrific link to my OP.

[napkinz]

10. I posted this story a few months ago ... :(

In three weeks, thousands of dogs in China will be tortured so their meat will "have more flavor."

There are no graphics pics, just a graphic description:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/441/776/138/?cid=fb_LG_AdsEndYulinDogFestival&z00m=22739402

Some responded to my thread on this subject that it's a cultural thing and that we shouldn't try to make a difference.

[MoonRiver]

11. F cultural things!

I'm also fighting like hell to stop the Japanese from whaling and killing dolphins. They say it's cultural, although it only started in the 1940's. Cultural my arse.

[napkinz]

14. I started a thread on that too, posting this link

https://takeaction.takepart.com/actions/cove-help-save-japans-dolphins

[MoonRiver]

16. Signed!

[MoonRiver]

13. I signed that petition too.

[napkinz]

15. horse racing, puppy mills, factory farming, dolphin slaughter, etc ...

[MoonRiver]

18. Yes, yes, yes............................

[napkinz]

27. and what we get in these threads from some members is ...

how can anyone be so lacking in compassion, especially here, where we fight to make this a better world?

[MoonRiver]

29. I don't understand.

These are sentient beings, who feel pain, loneliness, abandon and terror. How could anyone with a kind heart NOT care about them?

[napkinz]

30. I think what you wrote is the definition of a conservative ...

These are sentient beings, who feel pain, loneliness, abandon and terror. How could anyone with a kind heart NOT care about them?

[napkinz]

39. Free at Last — Shirley Joins the Elephant Sanctuary After Fifty Years in Captivity!

http://blog.therainforestsite.com/freetheelephant/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=trsfan&utm_campaign=freetheelephant&utm_term=20150604

[cwydro]

4. K and r. nt

[City Lights]

8. Kicking for exposure.

I'm not a horse racing fan due to the cruelty involved.

[MoonRiver]

9. Nor am I.

When I was a little kid, I was obsessed with horses. I collected figurines of every horse breed I could find. I read all the children's horse books, including those about race horses. Now I know the horrific truth about what happens to these magnificent creatures at the hands of humans. I will never support the cruel human sport of horse racing.

[City Lights]

20. My younger sister used to collect Breyer horses.

I grew up going to the track with my family. When I got older and learned about what goes on behind the scenes I was disgusted. I will never go to the track again, nor will I watch any of it on teevee. Thank you for posting this. Word definitely needs to get out.

[beam me up scottie]

12. Race Horse Industry - Nurse Mare Foals

Race Horse Industry - Nurse Mare Foals

There are many atrocities stemming from the race horse industry. One of which is the treatment of the foals from “nurse mares”.

It begins with the pregnant mare that is destined to spend a great deal of her time pregnant to produce as many future race horses as possible. Naturally, mares will give birth to a foal every couple years or so. Not in the horse racing industry. For some, once the mare gives birth the foal is taken away from their mother to be raised as a race horse. The mare will then be impregnated again and the cycle goes on and on. The foals that are taken from their mother are often put with a nurse mare in order to get their milk. The problem with that is in order for the nurse mare to lactate and provide milk for the expensive future race horse, she had to have just given birth to her own foal. So what happens to that foal? Well, there is the problem. The foal becomes an orphan. Since it is illegal to send foals under 6 months to the slaughterhouse, the nurse mare foal is often killed or discarded and left to starve to death. All this in the sport of horse racing! Thank goodness for rescues all over the country, including LPFR, that are able to make a difference in the life of a foal that deserves a shot at life in a caring environment. Personally, I have taken in nurse mare foals 30 days old or less. These poor babies deserve a chance to live a full and productive life, free from pain and abuse!

[SusanCalvin]

37. Thank you.

Disgusting as this information is, I'm glad to know it.

[beam me up scottie]

38. You're welcome.

I wanted to go into more detail but didn't out of respect for sensitive members.

I hope everyone reads this thread.

[Coventina]

17. This Triple Crown win means thousands more horses will suffer and die.

With the publicity and "excitement" generated by this "achievement".





For all the horses that die forgotten on the track.

[MoonRiver]

19. ...

[AuntPatsy]

21. Kicking

[MoonRiver]

22. Moving thread by Coventina

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026791868

[Coventina]

23. Awe, thanks! And thank YOU for this thread!

So many people "enjoy" horse racing, only because they are ignorant of its consequences.

I was once one of them, and so it is now my mission to make sure people understand what it is they are supporting.

If one truly loves horses, one cannot support this "sport."

[MoonRiver]

25. I was also one of them.

I wanted to believe the best about horses I loved. But,the reality is worlds apart, sadly. We must protect those who cannot protect themselves.

[LiberalElite]

24. K&R

[jberryhill]

26. Yep

In the 4th at Belmont today:

http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.10515355.1433626390!/httpImage/image.JPG

[napkinz]

28. ...

[JonLP24]

31. The murder of Helen Brach

the investigation really revealed this ugly word of horse racing or the business but it was from awhile ago so wasn't sure if it was cleaned up but I doubted it since the decline in fans leaving a smaller spotlight.

[Johonny]

32. I love horse racing but

Yeah, I worked at a track and have a million racing horror stories. Much like the NFL I love it, but when you get right down to it there's some really disgusting things about it. People that hate horse racing and NFL football... I really can't argue with you.

[CharlotteVale]

33. K&R

[restorefreedom]

34. time to end this cruelty of the elite

more exploitation by the 0.01%. guess it matters not the species. exploit animals, human animals.....etc

[napkinz]

35. kick

[Coventina]

36. kick

For the horses....

[Coventina]

40. kick for the day readers....