Re: Grand National
So the excuse for continuing to use horses for human sports is ‘it would put a lot of people out of work’ is it? That is exactly the same excuse put forward in the Hunting debate.
If the horse racing industry had not developed in the first place there wouldn’t be anyone to put out of work. However as it has developed into what it is now then that is just too bad if they lose their jobs.
You are trying to turn my view into one purely against the horse racing industry pendy. It isn’t! I just used the National as a prime example. My view is, as I have stated numerous times, that animals should not be used for human sporting activities. Now which part of that do you not understand?
As a nation of alleged animal lovers how can people square their collective conscience when they force animals (horses and dogs) to run from A to B giving their all and some being killed just because two or more humans want to find out who gets to B first?
Last year 180 horses had to be destroyed because of racing accidents and this year’s National brought one equine fatality.
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