animalclock.org
Newsflash for you
Nailed it in one. Very good write upIt’s interesting that the deaths of greyhounds and horses seem to trigger people.
Especially when you consider that deaths through racing pale into insignificance compared to the number of animals that die to feed us.
2024 Australia Animal Kill Clock
Each year, billions of intelligent animals are bred for slaughter on factory farms. The 2024 AU Animal Kill Clock estimates a real-time count of animal deaths attributable to production of the Australian food supply.
Is the death of an animal involved in racing really more morally wrong than the death of the animal that goes into our schnitzel?
I’d argue it’s less so. Racing animals often live full lives, and are well looked after. Compare that to the situation of animals bred for meat.
Opposition to horse and dog racing appeals to many because it’s a ‘moral’ position which, provided you have no connection to the industry, costs absolutely nothing.
Further, because the share of participants in the overall population is low, you can virtue signal without any real pushback from the mob.
I put it to you lot that for every racing animal that dies in Australia, there’d be hundreds of thousands of farm animals that die to feed us.
That said, you lot are very unlikely to publicly call for the abolition of the far more deadly and destructive meat industry because a) you like eating meat, and/or b) you fear having an unpopular view.
So, you pick a nice easy target like dog racing.
It’s interesting that the deaths of greyhounds and horses seem to trigger people.
Especially when you consider that deaths through racing pale into insignificance compared to the number of animals that die to feed us.
2024 Australia Animal Kill Clock
Each year, billions of intelligent animals are bred for slaughter on factory farms. The 2024 AU Animal Kill Clock estimates a real-time count of animal deaths attributable to production of the Australian food supply.
Is the death of an animal involved in racing really more morally wrong than the death of the animal that goes into our schnitzel?
I’d argue it’s less so. Racing animals often live full lives, and are well looked after. Compare that to the situation of animals bred for meat.
Opposition to horse and dog racing appeals to many because it’s a ‘moral’ position which, provided you have no connection to the industry, costs absolutely nothing.
Further, because the share of participants in the overall population is low, you can virtue signal without any real pushback from the mob.
I put it to you lot that for every racing animal that dies in Australia, there’d be hundreds of thousands of farm animals that die to feed us.
That said, you lot are very unlikely to publicly call for the abolition of the far more deadly and destructive meat industry because a) you like eating meat, and/or b) you fear having an unpopular view.
So, you pick a nice easy target like dog racing.
Personally the difference for me, is survival vs entertainment. We don't need entertainment to survive.It’s interesting that the deaths of greyhounds and horses seem to trigger people.
Especially when you consider that deaths through racing pale into insignificance compared to the number of animals that die to feed us.
2024 Australia Animal Kill Clock
Each year, billions of intelligent animals are bred for slaughter on factory farms. The 2024 AU Animal Kill Clock estimates a real-time count of animal deaths attributable to production of the Australian food supply.
Is the death of an animal involved in racing really more morally wrong than the death of the animal that goes into our schnitzel?
I’d argue it’s less so. Racing animals often live full lives, and are well looked after. Compare that to the situation of animals bred for meat.
Opposition to horse and dog racing appeals to many because it’s a ‘moral’ position which, provided you have no connection to the industry, costs absolutely nothing.
Further, because the share of participants in the overall population is low, you can virtue signal without any real pushback from the mob.
I put it to you lot that for every racing animal that dies in Australia, there’d be hundreds of thousands of farm animals that die to feed us.
That said, you lot are very unlikely to publicly call for the abolition of the far more deadly and destructive meat industry because a) you like eating meat, and/or b) you fear having an unpopular view.
So, you pick a nice easy target like dog racing.
What a load of crap that is.
