Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Not horsing around

Someone close to me, and very persistent, has taken up the cause of equine rights. She hopes you will too.



What is soring?
Soring involves the intentional infliction of pain to a horse's legs or hooves in order to force the horse to perform an artificial, exaggerated gait. Caustic chemicals—blistering agents like mustard oil, diesel fuel, and kerosene—are applied to the horse's limbs, causing extreme pain and suffering.
Continues at humanesociety.org...

1 comment:

cas said...

I went to website and signed the petition (my husband and I both signed)
because I forgot to sign it in class. Thanks Katie for the education. I had no idea.

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