You’re ignorant on horse welfare, you were saying it’s horse killing season. I was pointing out it’s a sport and like any sport there’s casualties all year round including human ones, a jockey died in an accident this past week in Australia. It’s a small risk sport.
It’s not cruelty, these horses generally have some of the best animal welfare in the world. Do you say animal killing season is upon us every day from slaughter houses and farms etc who breed animals for the sole intention of providing humans with food?
You maybe a veggie but if you’re not you would be a proper hypocrite.
Horse Racing is not a cruel sport, a lot of horses are completely happy in their racing environment, if they weren’t they’re big enough to cause a fuss. Visit a racing stable and observe the relationship between a horses groom, trainer, jockey, head lad, owner, etc, it’s brilliant to see. Also when a horse does get killed (and it’s not a common occurrence) the heartbreak is palpable, it’s not something that’s just brushed aside.
Just as in all walks off life there’s an element of danger in everything we do, would you really take away the pleasure and employment of people just to remove the small jeopardy of a horse losing its life? Where would you stop? No boxing because it’s dangerous, no football because players sometimes die from a heart attack on the field, no cricket because someone like Phil Hughes died after being hit by a ball, no mountain climbing, base jumping or parachuting because they’re deemed dangerous sports? And before you say it I know it’s not the horses choice to race but they do generally enjoy it, there’s many a race where a horse will lose its jockey and continue to race even jumping the obstacles, put them in a paddock without racing, they run quite a lot clearly enjoying the environment.
I’ve been to quite a few Racing Stables including Franny Lee’s when he trained at Little Stanneylands, they all look after their horses brilliantly, educate yourself.