Another year...and the same old story.
RIP
Lilbitluso - killed today in The Foxhunters Chase on the first day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree - the fiftieth horse since the year 2000 to die at this annual 'sporting' occasion.
More info here:
https://animalaid.org.uk/lilbitluso-killed/ and here:
theracingforum.co.uk/forums/topic/lilbitluso/I invite concerned readers to sign / share a petition requesting that the government establishes an independent regulatory body, with horse welfare as its only interest.
Petition to parliament:
https://t.co/jIGDkG1G5BThank you.
Comments
Wrote to Donald Tusk to complain and he replied “can I have it with chips and mushy peas”
I have previously signed in error. The sponsors want to outright ban all horse racing. The wording of the petition implies, given the call to eliminate all horse deaths from racing, that the only way to end all deaths is by banning the sport in I presume both forms (certainly NH racing).
In fact I find sickening!
Equally, current events often constitute a stimulus for me to bring up my opinions about race, or religion, or similar.
However, with specific regard to horse racing, I find it interesting that people don't seem to care until Cheltenham or Aintree. I care about race and politics every day.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537329/Organic-vegetarian-restaurant-owner-convicted-poor-treatment-herd-cows-two-cows-calf-die.html
thankfully he is now bankrupt and out of business.
Successful campaigning is a constant and they don't succeed unless they are maintained and renewed at every opportunity. Even if it seems tedious.
It's a true shame of course when a horse dies racing or even training to race, however the fact is that most horses wouldn't exist if they hadn't be bred for horse related sports.
They are given the best diet, regular exercise & they are cared for by professional trainers...
They are also treated like a car or tool by the sport.
If one dies, the owner will buy a new one, give it a great diet, trainer and exercise so that it can be assigned to a jockey and the cycle starts over again...
It's a bit sad to think of it in such a way, but the lifestyle suits the thousands of horses that have retired since 2000 (and the millions before this) having lived a life where they have been exercised regularly to then move to a calmer more relaxed life where they are a pet, where they are loved and cared for possibly even more so than they were prior to retiring.
Although if the aim of the shared petition is to end all forms of racing (and Ive not read it meself), I think it does need challenging
The thing about the Grand National for me is that the horses seem to enjoy it - why would they continue to jump the fences when their jockey falls off? As an animal lover I hate to see a beautiful creature die, but can see both sides.
I foolishly signed the petition last time and was sent a copy of the Government's response (it is published on the link). Pretty much sums up what I and others were saying on the Cheltenham thread and gives evidence to the fact that progress is being made and animal welfare is already pretty much at the heart of everything surrounding horse racing.
It won't be banned, it should not be banned.
I just disagree with his objectives (but not his concerns) on this matter.
The thread topic is clear before you open it.
If you disagree by all means say so too but saying they shouldn't start such threads is, imho, wrong.
What made you think I might have started the thread?
resurrect, sorry "bump" the old one.