Is horseracing animal abuse?
I just watched a report why the injuries in horse racing are the result of mismanagement of breeding, not animal abuse. In the rush to breed for speed, they have inadvertently bred for lightweight bones that can sustain undetectable hairline fractures, and therefore are prone to breakage. With this information, the trainers can use new techniques to help keep their horses healthier. I have read that the breeding process includes the practice of killing any baby horses that do not conform to the stringent requirements of the owners. That seems to me to be animal abuse. Some people point out that “nature” does the same thing. Far more horses in the wild starve to death than are “put down” in the racing industry, so I’ve read. In the medical field, estrogen therapy (Premarin) has had a far greater adverse effect on horses than racing ever did.
