stereotypical behaviour

Horse dies on race track

Time for horse racing to be banned like any other abusive animal exploitation

The sound track to this Twitter video is inappropriate which gives it a sick quality. Perhaps that is why it was added. To juxtapose the horror visuals and the music. Personally, I’d ban horse racing full-stop. Of course, it won’t happen as there are too many people who enjoy throwing money at the ‘sport’. They …

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Stereotypical horse behaviors in stables due to stress

Stereotypical behaviours by horses in stables is obviously due to boredom causing stress (video)

It seems extraordinary to me that at one point in time perhaps not that long ago so-called experts in horse behaviour did not have the common sense to understand that when a horse behaves in a stereotypical way as seen in the video that they are bored and stressed (ruling out health issues). To me, …

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