Thoroughbred Horses - Photo/iStockphoto.com
William C. Rhoden, writing for the New York Times posted a piece on April 30 about the devastating contribution the horse racing industry makes to horse slaughter. Although the last horse slaughterhouse in the United States closed in 2007, horses, including thoroughbreds, are routinely shipped across our borders to land in foreign slaughterhouses. The covenant we should make with other living creatures on this planet is often not bound — and the bonds we do make are often broken. In the case of horses, Rhoden has it right: “This industry desperately needs an infusion of ethics and backbone” . . . (read the piece)
