Re: Grand National
My argument isn’t about how well horses are treated in racing circles but whether there should be racing at all.
I think that it is immoral for humans to use animals to determine the outcome of a human competition. Even more so when the humans make wagers on the outcome. Sport is for competing humans who have a choice on whether to take part or not. Animals do not have that choice. They are coerced into taking part and trained to do so.
Racing across a field to see who gets to the other side first is not a natural horse or dog trait although in the case of hunting dogs the first to the kill gets the first bite at the meat. A horse may run for a variety of other reasons but being the first to get somewhere is not one of them.
That is my opinion and surely I am entitled to that.
I don’t expect anyone to agree with me but I do expect a coherent argument against my view without dashing off at a tangent with irrelevant issues.
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