Ban the Whip!
The use of the whip in Racing is archaic and barbaric. It sends out the message that it is okay to hit horses. They are sentient beings and suffer from pain mentally as well as physically. Abuse and... continue reading »
"too cruel!!!!!!"
" It is very brutal to hit an animal with a whip. I think whips should be illegal. "
"Intend to start a campaign in newspapers in UK"
"it makes me sick to think that people ignore the pain and suffing they are doing to horses,,,,call them selfs horses lovers yet they whip them,,"
"It just doesn't seem right in this day and age."
"It really boils down to increasing our respect for other living things, although "other" is not at all accurate, as an increase in respect/concern/love for one form of life does the same for all. "
"Please ban the whip in horse races! Or even better; ban the horse races too. "
"This article sounds very well reasoned. I fervently hope that use of whips will be abandoned."
"I believe that horses should not be whipped during horse racing. "
"Ban the whipping of horses."
"from the UK"
"I totally and 100% agree , especially after today ."
"I completely agree! Along with the beating of horses in the racing world, they are drugged to run, trained when underdeveloped, and forced to run until they kill themselves (Barbaro and Eight Belles). It is not right and something must be done! "
"Watching the grand national made me cry becasue of the amount of times the horses were whipped even though they were running as fast as they could. "
"I feel sorry for horses and other animals getting whipped by people and Im sick and tired of seeing it happening again and again. I hope this petition can change that."
"STOP CRUELTY TO HORSES. NOW!"
"How cruel! Most people don't realise it, but horseracing is a bloodspor. It is as bad as dogfighting,bullfighting,hunting,bull baiting and bear baiting (plus others!)"
