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Looks to me like Vicks dogs were bred to fight, and wanted to fight. It's a different scale of severety
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ya think?
let me ask you this...what happens to thorobreds if they discontinue to breed them?
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but I don't understand how human breeding and shaping of animal behavior can justify anything
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What needs to be justified? Seriously....these horses are born to run...period. The breeding is only in the fact they try to breed the fastest they can...not make non race horses...racers.
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So they were bred to run ... so what?
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What else do you suggest they do then...and more importantly where do they do this and who oversees that they are taken care of?
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I just think it's sickening that people can just shrug their shoulders and go ahh, tragedy strikes what are you going to do
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Who is shrugging their shoulders? Tragedy does happen to animals all over the place all the time. What are you doing about it? I will tell you this when it comes to race horses...their trasiners are charged with conditioning them to the point where breaking down is LESS likely than likely.
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I mean, they were bred to run
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Glad you finally admit it.
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and people do need stuff to bet on right?!
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So it's the gambling issue you have a problem with? I guess that Chuckwagons are allright then...and equestrian is no problem ( i mean the horror of breeding jumpers to jump!) and the Clydesdales should never pull another wagon....and the lipinzzaner stallions shoud never perform another show...ditto the RCMP riders....and etc etc etc.
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It is the attitude of people that have changed. People value the life of humans and animals more these days
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I call complete and utter BS on this. Horses were about the MOST valuable thing on farms at the turn of last century before machinery replaced the need for them. You are telling me my 98 year old grandmother values life LESS than i do? Interesting take, but false from start to finish.
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I'm just surprised that with a tragedy in the biggest race of the year every year
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Though horse racing has had a number of high-profile breakdowns in recent years, the Kentucky Derby had not been plagued by serious accidents or injuries over the last few decades.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/sp...=1&oref=slogin