[Suggested by Gloria Stevenson]
Editor’s Note: As is often chronicled and decried in these pages, humans put animals to an almost infinite number of uses and abuses and outright tortures, often for the most banal of reasons. No species is exempt from the brutal exploitation schemes dreamed up by those who regard animals as mere “things” deeded by the deities for our usufruct and enjoyment. Thus, from the lowly chicken to the majestic whale, to equines, to fur animals, to factory farm animals, “varmint species,” “game” and other unfortunate nonhuman creatures, the hand of some human is always involved in their institutionalized torment. An additional sordid dimension in the exploitation of equines is that the greed of all participants mirrors the larger class structure, with the owners and managers at the top skimming the big profits with the jockeys—the workers—at the bottom. Which brings up the following question: where’s the horsey set in all this?Indeed, when it comes to horses if it hadn’t been for some embarrassing setbacks while filming the HBO series Luck—which put the issue of equine exploitation right on the front burner—the public would still be largely ignorant about this shameful situation. Now, considering the abysmal attention span of most Americans, where we go from here is anyone’s guess. —PG
Large payouts to owners make it profitable for owners to field thoroughbreds that are past their prime, sometimes with fatal results.
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By JOE DRAPE, WALT BOGDANICH, REBECCA R. RUIZ and GRIFFIN PALMER
The New York Times
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