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Yep, he's been euthanized. Here's the story: http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/6421288?MSNHPHCP&GT1=9012

Let me be the first to say "Dig in!"

Yep, he's been euthanized. Here's the story: http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/6421288?MSNHPHCP&GT1=9012

Let me be the first to say "Dig in!"

And let me be the first to call you a heartless twit. :rolleyes:

Oh, damn. That's depressing. :(

But Barbaro responded well to treatment, and his recovery was progressing until a final, fatal turn.

"Everything was going great until he died."

*sigh*

thats too bad, would a dog food joke be to rude at this time?

dog food!

Gladly!

*sicks german sheppards on Soviestan*

Why do people suddenly care about the life of an animal when its a race horse?

Never mind the millions upon millions of pig, chickens, and cows that die in slaughterhouses, we have to grieve for a horse.

Someone's going to wake up as glue.

Why do people suddenly care about the life of an animal when its a race horse?

Never mind the millions upon millions of pig, chickens, and cows that die in slaughterhouses, we have to grieve for a horse.

its because they are "athletes" or something.

Why do people suddenly care about the life of an animal when its a race horse?

Never mind the millions upon millions of pig, chickens, and cows that die in slaughterhouses, we have to grieve for a horse.

Because the horse serves a purpose to us other than food, and it's easier to care about a horse than animals so stupid they're only around because we pretty much allow it.

Slaughter pigs and chickens would get butchered in the wild so is it our fault they're at the bottom of the food chain?

As for cattle,meh, no personality.

thats too bad, would a dog food joke be to rude at this time?

Yes.

As a person who has had to euthanize her horse, I feel very badly for the owners. It must have been a tough decision, but the right one. :(

As a person who has had to euthanize her horse, I feel very badly for the owners. It must have been a tough decision, but the right one. :(

Barbaro was a handsome creature and it's a shame that he died this way. (And condolences on yourloss, Morgana, however long ago it was. That's never an easy thing to do or go through.)

It's our fault for racing the poor bastard around a track.

Because the horse serves a purpose to us other than food, and it's easier to care about a horse than animals so stupid they're only around because we pretty much allow it.
So the value of a life is determined by how useful it is?
Slaughter pigs and chickens would get butchered in the wild so is it our fault they're at the bottom of the food chain?
Seeing as how we made them that way(domestication) yes.

I'm not saying its morally wrong to eat animals, I'm just remarking on how illogical it is to grieve for the loss of one animal will not caring about the lives of millions of others.

One of the things that really pisses me off about the animal rights movement is that they care only for the animals who are aesthetically pleasing to them.

Groups such as PETA will constantly bemoan the death of those cute little chickens which get turned into mcnuggets, but do they care for the Sturgeon? No, because the Sturgeon looks like this (http://www.thejump.net/id/more-fish/atlantic-sturgeon.jpg)

Barbaro was a handsome creature and it's a shame that he died this way. (And condolences on yourloss, Morgana, however long ago it was. That's never an easy thing to do or go through.)

Thank you. It was 6 years ago, but I still miss him.

I've heard news articles about how many people have been sending in gifts and treats and well-wishes to Barbaro. I hope his owners give him a proper send-off.

So the value of a life is determined by how useful it is?

Seeing as how we made them that way(domestication) yes.

I'm not saying its morally wrong to eat animals, I'm just remarking on how illogical it is to grieve for the loss of one animal will not caring about the lives of millions of others.

So I should mourn a human, a dog, a horse, a pig, a cockroach, a sponge, a jellyfish, an ant, a termite, and a mouse all the same? Sorry, no. I find it more illogical to mourn the death of a sponge than it is to mourn it as if it were a human.

Why are people going to grieve the loss of a racehorse more than a cow? Because a racehorse is a pet. A cow is livestock. Same as I felt bad when my friends dog died, or when another friends snake died, I feel bad that the horse died.

They pulled Terri Barbaro's feeding tube?

Bastards!

this is a horse we're talking about, right?

i hope someone eats it so it doesn't go to waste.

Why do people suddenly care about the life of an animal when its a race horse?

Never mind the millions upon millions of pig, chickens, and cows that die in slaughterhouses, we have to grieve for a horse.

you obviously aren't from Philadelphia...

Because Barbaro brought hope to Philadelphians that maybe someone from here could win achampionship and even though he didn't win (and was a horse) he is (was) symbol of hope for this city.

you obviously aren't from Philadelphia...

Because Barbaro brought hope to Philadelphians that maybe someone from here could win achampionship and even though he didn't win (and was a horse) he is (was) symbol of hope for this city.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade....

Why not combine two of your city's fine symbols into one:

The Barbaro Cheese-Steak Sammich!

umm....

Why do people suddenly care about the life of an animal when its a race horse?

Never mind the millions upon millions of pig, chickens, and cows that die in slaughterhouses, we have to grieve for a horse.

Well...DUH! It's human nature to care about things that we have a familiarity with. I mean people care more about some has-been actor who died in his/her nineties then the thousands dying in Iraq. Why should they care about the millions of nameless/faceless animals that die for our dinner? As Joseph Stalin said, "One death is a tragedy; a million is a statistic."

I'm not saying its morally wrong to eat animals, I'm just remarking on how illogical it is to grieve for the loss of one animal will not caring about the lives of millions of others.

Logical? Humans? Never. Those animals that are grown to be eaten are never seen or have any attention paid to them. People know that they are going to be eaten, that's what they're grown for. But a racehorse is in the public eye and had people that love it. The same thing happens with plants, people don't care about vegetables but when that 100 year old tree down the middle of a street in the city is going to be cut down... TO ARMS!

Why do people suddenly care about the life of an animal when its a race horse?

Never mind the millions upon millions of pig, chickens, and cows that die in slaughterhouses, we have to grieve for a horse.

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/onion_news1273.jpg

Chicken Killed

WAYCROSS, GA–In a grisly murder that has stunned residents of this peaceful southeastern Georgia town, the gutted remains of a local chicken were discovered in a dumpster Monday. The chicken, whose skin and flesh were almost 90 percent missing, was found in a garbage bag behind Jack's Cluck Shack by a pair of Waycross police officers responding to a routine lunch-pick-up call.

"It was gruesome," said Det. Sam Welty, one of the officers who made the find. "When I first looked at the victim, I could barely tell what it was. The bones were all broken, the head was missing, and one of the thigh bones bore what appeared to be human teeth marks." The name of the victim, a longtime employee of Tyson Poultry Farms, is being withheld.

According to Sgt. Bruce Stebbins of the Waycross Police Department, the brutal slaying will not be easy to solve. "Because the victim's beak is missing, dental records will be useless," he said. "And, thus far, we have found no signs of struggle, such as scattered feathers or claw marks. Whoever perpetrated this brutal crime clearly knew what he was doing."

Though the entire area around Jack's Cluck Shack has been sealed off, police officials are increasingly doubtful that it was the site of the murder. Investigators suspect that the crime occurred at Tyson Poultry Farms, where blood tentatively matching that of the victim was discovered late last night.

Suspicions were further aroused by the recent disappearance of most of the chicken's co-workers. "When we went to the victim's place of employment to ask questions, thousands of chickens who had worked alongside the slain bird were no longer there," Det. Patrick Duvalier said. "It would appear that somebody is on the run."

"The victim was likely killed at work, perhaps by a jealous co-worker, and then fried, torn apart, and dumped in a trash receptacle," Duvalier said. "This is the work of a twisted, depraved sociopath."

Though everyone in Waycross has been stunned by the slaying, the town's poultry community is particularly devastated. "All of the chickens are absolutely terrified," farm owner Hup Wheeler said. "They trust no one, viewing every farmhand who comes in to collect eggs or scatter feed as a potential threat. Even the sight of farmhands they've known for years causes the chickens to flap wildly and squawk in terror, fearing for their very lives." Members of the victim's immediate family declined comment, apparently too distraught to talk to the media.

According to profilers from the FBI's Serial Crimes Investigation unit, understanding the killer is the first step toward capturing him or her. "There is no such thing as a typical chicken killer, so we have to look at the evidence," FBI agent James Oberkfell said. "Since the body does not seem to have been sexually abused in any way, we're most likely dealing with a someone who lusts only for blood. But whatever the motivation, judging from the efficient, methodical manner in which the body was dismembered, we can assume that our killer is experienced and smart. He's done it before. And we believe he's working himself up to do it again."

Oberkfell noted that because so much of the flesh is missing, cannibalism is not out of the question. "Though admittedly a long shot," he said, "it is possible that we're dealing with a bizarre new aberration–a warped, vicious killer with an insatiable hunger for chicken flesh." Lending credence to Oberkfell's theory is a preliminary forensic lab report, which shows that, after being killed, the victim was seasoned with a special blend of 11 herbs and spices and then hand-dipped in extra-crispy batter.

FBI authorities said there appears to be no connection between this killing and 1983's infamous "Alabama Slasher" murders, in which dozens of chicken legs, covered in what lab tests identified as cole slaw, were discovered in a plastic garbage bag behind a Montgomery KFC.
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