Pros And Cons Of Equine

In this essay, I will explain the facts, and argue my own views and opinions on horse soring, a topic that has been booming for horse owners and horse lovers in the United States and other foreign countries for the past forty years. This issue has not only been affecting the horse population, but its controversy has spread and became a huge issue in our government. People use soring to win competitions in a very cruel way. Nothing about this issue seems very fair to me whatsoever.

First, PETA wants horse racing to be banned because Thoroughbred’s are racing towards the grave: “horses begin training or are already racing when their skeletal systems are still growing and are unprepared to handle the pressures of competition racing on a high track at high speeds.” This may be true that horses are training for the races when they are still growing, but according to Choros: “The argument that horse racing is not a real sport is similar to the one used by people who say the same thing about stock car racing, golf and to a lesser extent, baseball.” According to PETA, a popular racehorse, Barbaro, shattered his ankle at the beginning of the 2006 Preakness, while his owners had no expense for his medical needs, The New York Times

An example of horrible treatment of horses is... In Musselburgh, Scotland, a horse named Madelyn Blue shattered his leg in the last race of the day. It was described as, “...appalling... there was just skin holding the leg on...”. Even after the “appalling” injury, he still continued to race, like before. Due to the horses feeling no pain from their injuries, they become very sick, and infected. The result is 400 horses are raced to death every year. Let's not let one more.

The closing of slaughterhouses in the United States for horses has resulted in inhumane treatment and gross neglect for thousands of horses. Congressmen, lobbyists, activists, actors, and every day people have petitioned for these death traps to be destroyed, all for the benefit of the horse. The horse, who cannot speak, can only react to his surroundings. The ones to be benefited are the people who see this as cruel, and inhumane; to give them a clear conscious, because they feel endeared to this animal. I, too, am endeared to this animal, but understand that the horse has been put in, an all too often, precarious situation, that even death, cannot come quick enough.

As many would surely say, “It’s nothing personal, just business.” The most heart wrenching story I found, was that of a mare named Ruffian. Ruffian, a black thoroughbred mare, showed great promise in the horseracing world. She won her first race, and all nine races following. Because of her success, Ruffian’s owner decided to set up a match race between her and that year’s Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. The race started off badly for the filly when she struck her shoulder on the gate. Ruffian recovered quickly, however, and easily began to close the distance between her opponent and herself. A furlong past the first quarter-mile, Ruffian was ahead by half a length. Suddenly, the bones in her right foreleg snapped. Her jockey, Jacinto Vasquez tried to stop her and avoid further injury, but the mare thundered on down the turf. The bones were quickly ground to pieces, and she tore open the skin of her fetlock. Next, she ripped the ligaments in her ankle, at which point her hoof became useless. Even then, the determined mare continued to run, trying to finish the race. She was eventually forced to stop when the pain became too much to bear. Four veterinarians and a surgeon waited for her, and the mare underwent an immediate surgery that lasted a grueling three hours. Upon being weaned off of anesthesia, Ruffian immediately began pumping her legs

The past 5 years I have participated in bartending for the Kentucky Derby. I have had horses my entire life and find them to very majestic, powerful creatures. Needless to say I have always had a certain obsession with the run for the roses. Due to my fascination and having the Derby experience, I chose to review “The Kentucky Derby: Run for the Roses” written by Bill Doolittle and a foreword by Walter Cronkite. The book revolves around a bit of history on the Kentucky Derby and the traditions that have been incorporated throughout the years to make it what it is today. The author portrays throughout the book, the financial struggle that horse breeders suffered after the Civil War and how a business idea developed by Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark devised the plan after his travels to England and Britain to develop the Sport of Kings in order to

2. The goal of this study is to find out the role of animal control agencies across the United States in equine neglect, cruelty, and abandonment cases. Regarding animal control agency's role in investigating equine neglect, cruelty, and abandonment cases, the study hoped to find out the demographic, characteristics, and outcomes of the cases as well as any complications these agencies have in investigating equine neglect, cruelty, and

The high influxes of thoroughbreds were not all quality horses. Some were handicapped or unskilled racehorses. Breeders would make poor choices and match two unfit horses together; buyers were fools and simply wanted a way into the racing business. Eventually, it was controlled by the importation of high quality stallions to breed and race with—Willett (1975).

On October 30, 1838, a neighbor picked up John’s son, Stuart, and headed towards Haun's Mill to get their grinding done. They came to a fork in the road, with one fork leading to Haun's Mill and the other to another mill about the same distance away. As the pair headed to Haun’s Mill, a small bird flew in the faces of the team of horses so persistently that the team stopped. When the neighbor started the team again, the bird stopped them again. This happened several times until the pair headed to the other mill.  The bird flew down the road keeping a short distance in front of them until they were well on their way, and then it flew off.  The

Deemed the most dangerous animal veterinary students must work with, horse behavior is often misunderstood among even the most well-versed horsemen (Gronqvist, Rogers, Gee, Martinez, & Bolwell, 2017). Equines have a complex range of emotions which are expressed through specific body language well known to owners. Sometimes these aggressive and/or anxious actions can show up suddenly which leaves caretakers confused and looking for a solution. The behaviors specifically include standoffish movements, biting, kicking, pinning ears back, and other similar actions. Not only can this sudden change in demeanor be concerning, but it can also be a hazard to anyone around the animal. These outbursts can be triggered by situations such as past experiences,

This week I continued to learn about the financial ups and downs of the equine business. In class we have always talked about how in the winter there are going to be less people taking riding lessons because it is cold, snowing, the roads are bad etc. In addition we have also talked about how having horses that are “free loaders” can greatly reduce the amount of income you make. For example, at Hollywood equine there are currently 21 horses. 2 of these horses and 1 pony are “free loaders”, meaning they are not used for lessons or leased and they are owned by Heather so there is no board being paid for them either. In total they eat 6qt of hay stretcher a day, 2qt fiber max a day, and 2qt senior a day. For grain alone this comes to about

Injuries are nearly always unexpected and can rack up thousands of dollars in veterinary bills. Horses seem to “poke holes” in themselves and can get lacerated by barbed wire often in Florida. I luckily have not had any problems with my own horse, Levi. My last horse, Ringo, ended up costing me a fortune in veterinary bills. He colliced a few times and the bills from when he had to be euthanized were very pricy as well. What separates the good owners from the bad is the willingness to tend to their horse’s injuries. So many people just sell the horse if it is hurt bad enough that it needs time off from riding. Good owners take responsibility, provide the care that their horse needs, and stick around even when their horse is incapable of

when it come to threating a horse surgically for colic. Their concern including post-operative performance and expense. But now according to a recently study by Moris animal foundation, the colic surgery resulttend to have more positive outcomes for both horse and owners, and the overview of colic surgery over the last 40 years shows improvement in outcome which is largely a result of early diagnosis and referral, allowing horse to arrive at referral hospital in better systemic condition as compare to years past.It wasn’t long ago that colic surgery success rate is low.But nowadays the rate is higher because of improved surgical and anesthesia techniques and referral arriving to surgical facility ealier in the disease course. There is future

However, before you dive into the world of horse ownership, it is important to consider the following issues:

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