[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by y.winter

Because people see it as if it's harmless - it's just riding a horse, they're being treated well when not competing etc... It's easy to color it in nice bright colours and portray it like what you see is the only truth. Same goes with zoos. No one is bothered seeing the backstage and the consequences, hence the ignorance around animals used for entertainment.
Gladly circuses have already been exposed, and slowly it'll spread to other areas, like the growing awareness to animals and the unbelievable cruelty in the food industry.
I would like to believe people will understand eventually, as it's just so awful taking part in it and easy just choosing not to.


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Do you think horse racing will ever be treated as a cruel sport ?

[y.winter]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Do you think horse racing will ever be treated as a cruel sport ?

Not in the foreseeable future, unfortunately.
As a "sport", it has a big lobby to keep it running, specifically the betting companies, who will defend it with every legal (and financial) weapon they can use. Money money money.
Like the meat/fish/milk/egg industry is starting to lose credibility (both morally and health-wise), their time will come too. It will just take time. There's a lot to be changed, it just takes some time, years, decades, but the penny will drop.