Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
It's a f*cking dead horse. Race horses die all the time. I have no real idea, but I would be surprised if at least 200 race horses die because of horse racing every year.

Bold inserts are done deliberately, because let's face it, that is the nature of the beast.

When I lived in Cumbria, our local farmer was also the town butcher and he also owned the local licensed slaughterhouse. He reared the animals, slaughtered the animals and sold their dead carcasses.

My daughter asked him, "how could he?" He replied, "that's how I make my living sweetheart".

What's the difference between a slaughtered cow and a dead gee-gee? I've no idea, you tell me.
Reminds me of the time in a restaurant in France, when I had a bit of a heated discussion on the morality of bullfighting, with a lady who was eating that French restaurant favourite steak frites. It did stop her in her tracks somewhat when I asked if she knew what it was alongside the frites on her plate, and if she had any idea by what process it had got there.