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ARE ANIMAL SPORTS ANIMAL CRUELTY?
Are dog shows, field trials, Agility or horse racing cruel? Is this Animal Rights advocate right? Share your opinion LIVE with over 24,800 subscribers!
Yes,
news@dawnwatch.com is about animal
rights but we appreciate hearing their viewpoint which is interesting and
reasonable. The Dawnwatch report leads off with “The New York Times has run an
op-ed by a horse trainer who holds that the racing industry must change its ways
if it is to be saved … If we can't get society to end the use of animals for
entertainment, what hope do we have on more complicated issues such as medical
testing and food?”
But here is the
thought-provoking issue put forth by Dawnwatch: “…let me share that California
has announced changes in racing rules, including banning the permissive use of
the whip. You can read about that on the Associated Press site at
apnews.com/Horseracing.
When you see the issue covered in the media, please make comments that question
the idea of tweaking rather than banning a barbaric industry that kills
thousands of horses every year.”
Dawnwatch states the March 27
NYT op-ed ran online and is the perspective of a horse trainer in France, Gina
Rarick. We have excerpted some thought-provoking quotes about horse racing.
Rarick says in part: “Racehorses in the United States break down, which means they are
catastrophically injured and then euthanized, at a rate double or triple that
seen in the rest of the world. The spotlight is now on the Santa Anita track in
California, where 22 horses have been killed since late December, but Del Mar,
near San Diego, and Aqueduct in Queens have had similar spates of fatalities in
recent years.”
She cites examples and makes
an interesting observation: “Animal rights activists, some of whom have never
been within sniffing distance of a horse, are feeding on racing’s inability to
right its wrongs. At the moment, they’re having a proper feast, with the Los
Angeles district attorney investigating the Santa Anita deaths at the urging of
racing foes.
"American racing can pull
itself from the cross hairs, but there needs to be a huge overall change, and
fast. The major difference between American racing and the sport in the rest of
the world, including here in France, is the excessive use of medications,
practically from birth."
Dawnwatch says the Times
Newspaper writer “goes on to give details of some of the horrors undergone by US
racing horses and of the changes needed, and then ends with the warning that if
changes aren't made, animal rights activists will succeed in shutting down the
sport. You'll find the full article on line at:
nytimes.com/racehorses-santa-anita-deaths”
What are your thoughts on
horse racing and other forms of sports entertainment that might harm or stress
an animal? What about March Madness basketball injuries? Should we ban football?
Soccer?
These direct contact sports
are hard on humans. Doesn’t anyone care about people? Of course people can
“choose” to risk injury, animals cannot. What is your take on this?
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Yes,
Rarick says in part: “Racehorses in the United States break down, which means they are
catastrophically injured and then euthanized, at a rate double or triple that
seen in the rest of the world. The spotlight is now on the Santa Anita track in
California, where 22 horses have been killed since late December, but Del Mar,
near San Diego, and Aqueduct in Queens have had similar spates of fatalities in
recent years.”
