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Saving racehorses: reform or revolution? : Comments
By Nadyat Gawley, published 4/11/2014The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) is urging the public to ask whether the glamour of horseracing is worth the cruel deaths of horses every year.
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From time immemorial, horses have served humanity, and nowhere more striking than when we were at war; and in particular, with the now legendary Australian light horse.
Even so, that years long heroic service, was almost invariably rewarded with a bullet to the brain!
Horses help us settle Australia, pulled the plows that tilled the soil, and the stage coaches that opened up much of the country.
Horses are the only animal that will run untill it drops dead, from a burst heart, for a human master.
And on the racetrack, a few will earn a veritable fortune for their often entirely indifferent owners, with their reward for faithful slave like service; all too often, being turned into dog food well before a natural end.
There's so much that we can do with retired race horses, with Autistic children being often helped, just by creating a bond with a gentled by horse whisperers, "quiet" ridden animal; that has always been special, as it served mankind.
The example shown by the author, is just one of many much more valuable approaches yet to be made common practice, and well worth it if it leads to rehabilitation; and or, an autistic child completely motivated and finally communicating!
And an animal/slave given a chance to live out its days in reasonable comfort and minimalist care.
As for dog food?
Well there's plenty of feral vermin, and if a government would finally see the light, professionally trained sporting shooters, (safe hands, ex-military/police) armed with semi autos, would give the lucky dogs something else to eat!
i.e., feral donkeys, goats, pigs, bunnies, moggies, doggies, buffalo, camels, and deer; its all meat to the average dog!
Mine's rather partial to bacon and eggs served on wholemeal toast or in combination with a lightly grilled T bone, or occasional pork sausage!
If there were no horses heading for the knacker, there'd be a halfway decent income to be earned by professional shooters equipped with night scopes!? A win/win outcome for mine!
Rhrosty.