horse racing is moral or cruel?

dimpy.handa

Dimpy Handa
you be literal and have at least a basic understanding of horse racing and I ask that you do so in a polite manner.
horse racing is moral or cruel?
 
I don't think horse racing is immoral or cruel. I agree with you. Horses are made to run and just like us, they are born to do what they want to do. Its not wrong to race horses...but to give them performance enhancing drugs I think IS cruel and immoral.
 
The horse racing industry advertises itself as "glamorous," but in reality, exploitation, welfare violations, cruelty, and premature deaths are an inherent and unavoidable part of this industry based on greed.The horse racing industry causes thousands of horses to be born only to be slaughtered or abandoned to an existence of neglect, starvation, and suffering.
 
Take Barbaro, the beautiful Thoroughbred who made headlines in 2005. He won the Kentucky Derby that year, then two weeks later shattered his leg during the Preakness. It took two years, many painful surgeries, long bouts of laminitis, and lots of suffering for both owner and horse before it was finally acknowledged that Barbaro was not going to get better.
 
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