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37 Horses Killed by Racing At Santa Anita Racetrack in 2019
37 horses died at the Santa Anita racetrack in California in 2019.
Horseracing kills horses and jockeys from broken necks and legs,
from barn fires, from secret sabotage by gamblers betting on the
opposition. Horsesare shipped to and fro, without any real freedom.
Factors include obstacles left on the track, the condition of the track
ground, the whipping of exhausted horses who have given their all, etc.
Horse racing like greyhound racing is a form of slavery in which
confinement, spurs gouging their sides, whips of their feet and
bodies, cruel bits which give them painful bloody mouths,
drugging occur.
When a dog breaks his leg, compassionate humans endeavor to care
for him or her. The fact that caring for horses with broken legs is
more expensive is no reason to kill the horse (deceptively called
putting him down, euthanasia etc.)
This writer bowed to pressure from a friend and went to a racetrack
once. In the first 5 minutes, a horse had a foreleg hanging by 1 tendon
after a hideous accident.
Horse racing.. like all forms of institutional or individual cruelty
to animals... must end.
Hemingway gambled on racetracks
A strong piece worth proper recognition, I applaud
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