What do you think about the death of the Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro yesterday?
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Perryman
ANSWERS: 7
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I think the entire tradition of horse-racing is incredibly cruel to the animals. Horses are typically started in racing as 2 year olds before their bones are fully formed which invariably leads to terrible injuries they often never recover from. The lucky ones win and are put out to pasture to breed more horses. The losers are dogfood. The horses are often raced while on painkillers that mask serious injuries. About 2,000 a year literally are raced to death. Horse and dog racing are barbaric "sports" and his death was one of many unneccesary deaths.
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I don't know that I can handle such a loss ever again. We miss you, Barbaro.
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I was saddened to hear it, and began to cry. Beautiful horse :(
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I think its kind of messed up. I means he won so many races, made people rich, and he gets his legs injured, and is send to sleep for ever, just like that. After all he did. Born winner and died a loser.
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I think it was almost criminal that he wasn't euthanized after the Preakness, but I suppose it's understandable why you'd torture something for eight months in exchange for millions of dollars in stud fees.
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The horse should have been put down when it was injured. I said it then and I'm saying it again now. That horse died the day it was that badly hurt. The track is only about money and prestige, not about the horse. Racing ruins young horses that have yet to develop their bones.
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I believe it is sad also the horse was not put down sooner. Questions are now raised as to whether they kept the horse alive to get "essence" from him for insemination, even though the horses could not be used in the top races since they check the DNA there. Quite a shame. It reminds me of greyhound races. Once they are a certain age and no longer fast enough they are sent out for adoption. While they are lovely dogs, I am not so sure that they would make a very good pet for most people unless they could give the dog the large amount of exercise and running it probably needs.
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