When I was young I used to ride horses, but not any more. A friend of mine is into dressage. Do you like horses?
I love horses, but I'm interested in equine welfare. This is about the conditions of their lives and use.
That sounds interesting. Horses are magnificent animals. How anyone could mistreat them, or any animal, is beyond me.
Agreed! Animal abuse can also involve neglect, and not just intentional acts.
Oh, that makes me mad. I heard Georgia passed a law making it a crime to abuse (and I guess neglect) animals. I presume that law applies to horses, too.
I would have to assume so. These sorts of laws began in the 1800s when the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded.
That's a great organisation - I donate to them now and again. Where are the horse states in the US?
Animal hoarding
Animal hoarding is keeping a higher-than-usual number of animals as domestic pets without ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Compulsive hoarding can be characterized as a symptom of mental disorder rather than deliberate cruelty towards animals. Hoarders are deeply attached to their pets and find it extremely difficult to let the pets go. They typically cannot comprehend that they are harming their pets by failing to provide them with proper care. Hoarders tend to believe that they
. Then, when they have the horse nicely broken, you give to a cowboy. Why don't you give the wild horses to the cowboys to break in? They ride on saddles, and it would not be so hard for them.' But the chief cowboy only said, "Well, I can't be bothered by a little thing like that. You will have to see Buffalo Bill about the horses.' But I retorted, "You know very well that Buffalo Bill does not know what you do