Forget stopping the Grand National - how about banning tethering??

[hobnob]

Hmmmmmm food for thought most definitely... and the stallions at a stud which never see daylight except when covering a mare or "milked" for semen. (Don't know name for it).

Have you seen that vid in India where some b**** ties a poor ponies leg then whips it???

THAT is unbearable to watch... I would find it but I'm too traumatised to try.

Nope, I have never seen that video and never aspire to tbh things like that traumatise me too!

And yes, I suppose other lifestyles some horses have are as bad in some instances. And often we are killing with kindness, treating them like people instead of horses! Its fighting a loosing battle to be honest.

 

[chessy]

hear hear in fact at the risk of being shot down and non p.c ban the bl&%&&y gypsies from keeping horses!

I'm not PC and I'm not one for shooting people down, but I think this was a cr*ppy thing to say. I've known travellers who have shown a great deal of respect and care for their horses; it's not good to tar every one with the same brush.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

but no authority touches these tethered horses or police we all know that, but why should they be above law, bet they all have passports as well.

I haven't read all the replies, so someone may have already said this.

Actually they do. In Bradford, there is action being taken on the housing estates to stop tethering of horses & ponies.
WHW were asking in a survey that I took part in asking people to rank in order of importance various issues, such as travel to slaughter & tethering (I can't remember the others). I quite agree that tethering should be banned.