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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
What I wonder is how lazy can these TV people be? Is it so hard to get someone from a Thoroughbred Retirement Fund or whatever if they want someone to talk about the difficulties of racing?
Of course, "Jack Hanna, Bo Derek and a crazy lady from PETA" sounds more interesting to the average viewer than "Some trainer you never heard of, some person you never heard of who finds racehorses retirement homes and a crazy lady from PETA."
Every time someone from PETA gets on one of these programs I feel like the movement for humane treatment for animals gets set back at least another five years.
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Didn't see the show so I'll talk generally....as a PETA member myself, I don't think it's fair to lump folks together. Some folks are very aggressive and often times ill-informed...on both sides of this issue. I joined PETA and remain a member because they do in fact do a lot of good things...facing down corporate giants like KFC for instance...those folks need to answer for the abuses they allow. Obviously, I don't support banning racing, but I do fully support every effort to make life better for the horses...sometimes, being goofy and outrageous is the only way to get a message across..we were ridiculed in the Civil Rights movement too! PETA has more than it's share of "nut jobs", but the work they do is necessary and usually...thankless! PETA isn't the problem, human greed and lack of compassion is! If everyone treated their animals like the connections of Barbaro do, there would be no need for PETA. The vast majority of folks in racing are good, caring, compassionate folks...but we all need to be reminded that there are still far too many of the other kind!