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[–] 19 points 4 months ago (11 children)

#KillRacingNotHorses

California alone has already had 20+ horse deaths this year at only 3 tracks. No legitimate sport would accept the deaths of their athletes on a routine and consistent schedule, as just a fact of life.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Is that rate significantly different from other working horses? No other sport has athletes who can die of a stuffy nose.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Darts?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Dieing of a stuffy nose probably relates to diving.

    But I guess in darts everything is live and death. Soo yeah, why not.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    One time I walked into the kitchen as my brother threw a dart and it stuck in my head a second. I don’t think that’s necessarily the reason why he went to one of the best unis in the world and I’m on Lemmy though.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

    Dead horse best horse. Have you tried their meat? Delicious! I don't get why we waste it for entertainment.

    Luckily in my country there are people who regularly harass entertainment stables until they get closed and horses get sold to butcher.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    Well, they're a pretty great working animal. And they run on grass and water. I suspect they'll become much more important outside of entertainment in the near future, even in "rich" countries.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Horses are amazing eco-friendly solution to most small-scale labor and transportation needs. However, they are also very easy to force out. All you need to do is pay a bunch of dumb animal-protection nuts to constantly protest their use. This is how electric cars operate in my country - by sending horses from work to meat processing.

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