Animal Rights & Wrongs

Category: Animal ethics

  • Grand National – Carnage or Spectacle?

    Grand National – Carnage or Spectacle?

    The excitement of the 2019 Grand National is over and it is time for the usual post mortem. One horse killed and another taken away by ambulance appears according to the media and racing authorities to have been a pretty good result. Two other horses, Forest des Aigles and Crucial Role, were also euthanised the…

  • Endurance racing causes more deaths than the Grand National

    Why do horse lovers put their horses through such endangerment? If you have watched the above video you might begin to understand where I am coming from with this article and why I cannot understand why horse lovers are willing to put them through such endangerment for their own thrills. In the UK, races like…