PETA

sweetwater · 05-06-2008, 03:22 PM

My sister works at an equine facility (university veterinary hospital) and the vets maintain that humans trying to breed a faster horse have compromised the animal's basic structure, particularly skeletal development. Combine that with heavy training, running while carrying weight, and their immaturity spells doom for some of those animals.

Of course, the vets generally only see horses that are harmed by racing, but I tend to believe that they are sincerely concerned.

05-06-2008, 03:22 PM	#23
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	My sister works at an equine facility (university veterinary hospital) and the vets maintain that humans trying to breed a faster horse have compromised the animal's basic structure, particularly skeletal development. Combine that with heavy training, running while carrying weight, and their immaturity spells doom for some of those animals. Of course, the vets generally only see horses that are harmed by racing, but I tend to believe that they are sincerely concerned. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

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