02/01/2025
"This belief that horses want to compete seems to be a new phenomenon, and my best guess is that this is a reaction to the animal welfare/animal rights debate of the past decades. As science deepens our understanding of animal experiences, our ethical commitments to them change. Today, social discourse is questioning many of the things we do to animals, even when they happen in the name of obvious public benefits like producing food and medicine. If using animals for these utilitarian causes can be questioned, what does that mean for sport?"
https://theequineethologist.substack.com/p/do-horses-want-to-compete?fbclid=IwY2xjawHjOnRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSTvVwebEWRlBzIj_gf8F4RRd804PYiIal2qh_tms4E-Bu8K0hQMySDigg_aem_fm1L3_4jdBM2ZJQd14sVgg
Taking an honest look at horse sport from the horses' perspective
