At Least Eight Belles Didn’t Have a Rape Stand
May 5th 2008ericjhoroHorse Racing
After NBC’s Saturday broadcast of equine euthanasia, that same question keeps coming back? Why is dog-fighting universally lambasted as a despicable, barbaric activity while horse racing is given a free pass?
Granted they are not the same thing (the goal of a dogfight is for the dogs to be harmed, the goal of a horse race is for no animal to be harmed). But that doesn’t change the fact that in the end, both sports force animals to do something which might leave them dead just so humans can gamble. That’s the bottom line. It’s a point which cannot be disputed.
Another point which cannot be disputed is that if dogfighting fans and its participants were rich white people with political connections, and horse racing participants were poor, urban “lowlifes,” the two sports would be looked at in a different light.
I’m not a fan of PETA. I think there are much better things to fight for in this world than getting animals equal (or in some cases) better rights than humans. But it’s time that horse racing stopped getting a free pass.
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