Horse Racing and the aristocratic hypocrasy

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You don't have to know anything about horses to know that a sport that directly contributes to several of the animals being "euthanized" isn't healthy.

They literally ran the animal until both of it's front legs were broken, then they killed it....what else is there to understand? How is that so much more refined than dog fighting?

Again, I think an animal is an animal...meant to serve people either in work or as food if needed, but I don't believe in mistreatment either.

I'm not defending Michael Vick, but I think it's pretty sad when nothing happens to people who sponsor or watch horse racing and the make Michael Vick out to be some monster. Vick broke the law and I don't feel sorry for him, but how it is that horse racing is legal and dogfighting is not, just goes to show you that "class" still plays a large role in some of the more peculiar discussions of law.

I'm just looking for a little consistency.

The crazy thing is, in MOST municipalities and states, if you decide to "euthanize" your dog out of a sense of being humane, you can have criminal charges brought against you. It's a fine to kill and bury your dog in the backyard nowadays, even if it bites you or becomes old and incapable. But if a horse tears out some ligaments, (from a direct result of what the owner was forcing it to do) it's cool to put it down. Go figure.