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- 2. Major sports in which animals are involved…
- 6. Rodeos
- 7. Except for animal fighting, all of these are considered legitimate sports. Animal Fighting
- 8. The legitimate sports were initially about showing off their animals, in a friendly, nonthreatening way. “Friendly Competitions”
- 9. Horse racing and greyhound racing are associated with legalized gambling. Rodeos and dog sled races depend on sponsors. Animal fighting is largely funded by illegal gambling.
- 10. Some are very well cared for, others are terribly abused. Skilled animals are profitable for people.
- 11. Some retire into comfortable lives.
- 12. Others are sent to slaughter.
- 13. …or live lives of neglect after their performing days are over
- 14. Leave the animals alone. Expose practices we consider harmful to animals. It is a recreational activity humans have a right to enjoy.
- 15. Animal Sports Enthusiasts Critics Animals are doing what they do naturally. Animal are well cared for because this is profitable. Safeguards exist to ensure animals are not mistreated. Medical care is available. Animals have no choice in the matter. Not natural behavior but trained or bred for. Money is the main motivator.
- 16. Overbreeding Mistreatment (training, performances, off- season) Lack of Veterinary Care The ways in which unwanted sports animals are destroyed
- 18. Multibillion dollar industry including owners, managers, breeders, trainers, riders, feed suppliers, veterinarians, track personnel Thoroughbred Racing
- 20. Horse races in U.S. (2007) – 51,304 Pur$e – amount won by owners of winning horses - $1.2 billion (U.S.) About 160 thoroughbred racetracks in U.S.
- 23. Receives financial support from donations from Thoroughbred clubs, racetracks, private individuals, racing organizations and special events staged by horse racetracks
- 25. Thoroughbred racehorses have been inbred to the point that their bodies are too heavy for their fragile, thin legs.
- 26. Broodmares (mares used for breeding) …forced to come into season at unnatural times to lengthen training season for offspring
- 27. When controversy erupted after race horse breakdowns at a Pennsylvania race track, Michael Gill became one of the most hated men in racing. Racehorses are drugged when injured or sick to still compete.
- 28. Track surfaces are too hard and unnatural.
- 29. The horse racing season is too long.
- 30. Horses are run too young, risking damage to bones that are not fully mature
- 31. …that have a vested interested in income Regulated by state governments
- 32. …during training and races. Racehorses suffer injuries and deaths
- 33. Shattered right leg – euthanized 8 months later Barbaro – Kentucky Derby
- 34. Dislocated ankle - euthanized Pine Island – Breeders’ Cup
- 35. Broke both front ankles - euthanized Eight Belles – Kentucky Derby
- 36. ◦ Race horses killed on or at U.S. tracks in 2022
- 37. …used to be an exercise rider for thoroughbred trainer Tim Woolley and others at Fair Hill, where Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was trained.
- 38. Blood-Horse Magazine, July 2005
- 39. …the fate of untold numbers of injured and retired racehorses
- 40. Thoroughbred Retirement Fund New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
- 41. Spanish origin: “to surround”
- 42. …with cowboys informally showing off riding skills Originally about herding cattle for market
- 43. Horses Bulls Steers Calves Events include: ◦ Bareback bull riding ◦ Saddle bronc riding ◦ Bareback horse riding ◦ Steer wrestling ◦ Calf and steer roping ◦ Barrel racing
- 45. PRCA Opponents Claims extensive animal welfare program Veterinarian onsite during a rodeo Says animals wear flank straps Not representative of old west Injured rodeo animals not humanely euthanized 21st century animals are more tame than 1800s and need to be provoked Cattle prods, spurs, caustic ointments