Horse Tripping...

I was waiting for the holiday season to end so this wouldn't damper on our Christmas spirit. I was surfing through some horsey blogs when I found this article on horse tripping, a sport! It is exactly how it sounds like too, a horse runs between two men swinging ropes, they snare it, and it usually flips over or falls on their face... My heart ached as soon as I saw this.

Here is a little piece from the article:
Horses and cows are completely different.  Their instincts and mental capacities are completely different.  Their physiological structures are completely different.  And thus the way they move, including speed and agility are, you guessed it, completely different.  When a horse has its front legs ripped out from underneath it while it’s running from a predator, it reacts and falls completely differently from the way a cow would react and fall.  It is not a fair, nor accurate, comparison.  Just because they’re both classified as livestock, doesn’t mean they look and/or act the same.  You wouldn’t compare a horse to a pig, would you?  And yet, they’re both considered livestock. - Posted from SnarkyRider

If you want to see the article here is a link to it. There is a video as well but viewer discretion is much advised. I wanted to hopefully make this more aware to people so we can help put an end to it.

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