Horse Injury Critics Need to Wake Up
This past Spring the media has had a field day with the Triple Crown races and the magnificent thoroughbred Big Brown.
The Richard Dutrow pupil who captured the first two legs (Kentucky Derby & Preakness) in fine style and then failed to fire in the Belmont Stakes, has been the subject of controversy–both for his loss in the final Triple Crown leg and because of the debate of steroids, racetrack surfaces and the catastrophic breakdown of the filly Eight Belles in the Derby.
As a one-time supporter of the animal rights group PETA, I was mortified by the tactics they used to garner public interest and disdain for horse racing. To say that PETA used a high school mentality is an understatement.
While in the past I’ve supported PETA’s effort in their work against animal testing and cruelty cases, in this instance, they were criticizing a sport and the animals involved in a way that showed blatant ignorance.
Read the full article by Kimberly Rinker on her blog Harness Racing Insider
(Above image: Nobody was seriously injured in this accident at Pompano Park in April 2005. The horses escaped with only minor scrapes)
