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Originally Posted by Ne7en
But the difference is one is human-nature, the other is strictly for entertainment purposes. Besides allot of these horses die of a ruptured heart, they can't handle these events. Clearly the drivers are pushing them beyond resonable (humane) limits.... for money and show.
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You're attacking at the wrong point then. The issue there is not the Stampede or chuckwagon racing, but the very nature of how thoroughbread horses are bred. I'll not dispute there is an issue there, but it goes back to an earlier question: Why aren't you attacking the racing industry as a whole? Going after the chucks alone is rather silly on this point.
Also, we see the same in human beings. Mickey Reneaud being one. I find arguments like this to be a rather silly example of human self loathing, because I doubt you have ever batted an eye when a human dies because of similar causes. And before you retort with the "we can choose, they can't", I'll simply remind you that these animals are bred to race. And I've been around enough race horses to know that they aren't doing so against their will.