On August 1, a sad story unfolded at the Tokyo Olympic Racecourse, in which a Swiss racehorse named Jet Set was quickly euthanized after injuring his front leg in an obstacle course, much to the desist.
The horse was just injured, and injured in the calf, not fatal, why not treat? Why execute it? The horse itself didn't want to go to the Olympics, it didn't even know what the Olympics were, and what was the reason why humans took it to Tokyo to compete in a dangerous cross-country obstacle course and be executed just because they were injured?
Jet Set, a racehorse who was euthanized, was executed during the race
According to the official release of the Tokyo Olympics, the Jet Set was injured in the process of wading in the water, and when it came out of the water, it became limp and could not continue the game. After veterinary examination, it was found that the horse's right front leg Achilles tendon was torn, and it was difficult to treat, and in order to alleviate the pain of the horse, it was euthanized on the same day with the consent of the rider and the owner.
Achilles tendon rupture is a common sports injury, folk customs "tendon broken", the famous athlete Liu Xiang because of the Achilles tendon rupture had to withdraw from the Olympic Games. The Achilles tendon is a tendon about 15 cm long that connects the calf triceps to the heel bone nodules of the foot, and it plays a key role in our walking, running, and jumping. During strenuous exercise and running and jumping, the Achilles tendon will withstand a strong pull, and many athletes will lose their sports careers due to rupture of the Achilles tendon, but modern medical technology can ensure that the normal life of the injured person is not affected after recovery.
Liu Xiang withdrew from the Olympic games due to a ruptured Achilles tendon
Horse racing is a highly ornamental and challenging sport, whether it is obstacle race or speed racing, horses and riders will bear a huge risk of injury, of which the most injured horses are the Achilles tendon and leg bones. Once there is a ruptured Achilles tendon or a fractured leg bone, veterinarians and horse owners will mostly choose to kill the horse rather than cure its injuries.
According to the American Jockey Club, about 28 horses are euthanized almost every week, and some are killed directly on the track due to fractures caused by falls.
A $6 million horse was executed on the track
How expensive is horse racing? You may be able to afford a car, but the vast majority of people can't afford a horse. The average price of a thoroughbred horse is about 100,000 US dollars, about 650,000 yuan, this is just the beginning, and then you have to spend money to raise it, pay the venue fee, training fee, veterinary fee, transportation cost... The annual cost is more than 100,000.
A horse that can perform on the field, its price is often more than a million dollars, if it can win consecutively, the value will continue to rise, the most expensive horse Fusaichi Pegasus sold for nearly 70 million US dollars!
Fusaichi Pegasus is worth nearly $70 million
Horse racing is so expensive, once an injury in training or competition, such as a broken leg or a ruptured Achilles tendon, will the owner of the horse find a way to cure it? The answer is mostly no. Once the horse can no longer create value, what awaits it will be death.
Horses are the friends of human beings, and since about 6,000 years ago, horses have been domesticated by humans and become the right-hand men in human production and life. We rely on it to carry heavy loads, to drive it to pull the land, to ride it far, to be born and die on the battlefield. Horses can't speak, but horses are human, they can feel the human mind, cooperate with human behavior, even if they know that moving forward is death, it will be righteous and brave to move forward.
Stills from the movie "War Horse"
Horses have played a non-negligible role in the evolution of human civilization, and people have used countless beautiful poems, articles and paintings to express their sincere feelings for horses, but in the end, horses are an animal that is bred and used by humans. In a materialistic world, once a horse loses its value in being used, it becomes a liability and thus loses its reason for survival.
Horses and beauties
Veterinarians and horse owners, however, do not agree with this view, believing that killing a horse itself reflects the love for the horse and is the embodiment of humanitarianism. Horses can't speak, you can't understand the pain of a horse's Achilles tendon rupture, and the horse's injuries are not healed.
Athletes can be cured by surgery after a ruptured or fractured Achilles tendon, and some people can even go back to the field, is the horse's leg so special that it cannot be connected by surgery? The answer, of course, is no. A horse's Achilles tendon can be reconnected surgically and, if well protected, it can also be healed.
The problem is that after horse leg surgery, rehabilitation is almost an impossible process.
We all say "a hundred days of broken bones," which means that you need to rest fully and for a long time when you heal after an injury. Unlike humans, a horse can't always lie down, and that will kill it.
Horses should not lie down for more than 3 hours
There is a saying in the West that "no feet and no horses", horses are standing animals, and you rarely see them lying down to sleep. Don't horses sleep? Of course not! Horses sleep only about 3 hours a day, and most of the day they stand and rest, and even when they sleep, they stand there, which is determined by the law of survival. Only when it is sure of safety will the horse find a soft place to lie down and go into a deep sleep, which usually lasts only a few minutes, after which it will quickly stand up. Ancient wild horses used this habit to evade predators, and this habit was written into the genes of horses and passed down from generation to generation.
The horse slept standing
Horses weigh about 500 kilograms, and when it lies down for a long time, the pressure on internal organs can make breathing and blood flow difficult, which seriously damages the health of horses. After the operation, the horse re-stands, and the huge pressure will affect the healing of the surgical site. From this point of view, it is not difficult to operate on the horse leg, and it is almost impossible to make it fully recover.
There is a story (unknown true or false): there was once a rider who loved his horse and was reluctant to kill it, "cost a million dollars" to perform bone grafting surgery for the horse, and the result was that only two hours after the operation, the horse could not help but run a few times, and the bone broke again.
Horses' legs are easily injured
Given the difficulty of treating seriously injured horses and the difficulty of healing, most horses are quickly executed if they are injured. In the horse racing world, euthanasia of injured horses has long become an "international consensus" and is considered to be the last "humanitarian care" for horses, even if the owner of the horse is no longer willing, he will choose to do so, on the one hand, because of the high cost of treatment, but also to alleviate the pain of the horse.
There are roughly two ways to execute horses, one is to inject drugs, and the other is to use guns. Drugs can make the horse unconscious in a few minutes, and shoot a bullet at the horse's forehead, which can instantly make the horse die without pain.
Injectable drugs are euthanized in horses
Athletes bring horses to the Olympics, engage in brutal competition, and when horses are injured, they are executed in humanitarian terms for the simple reason that they cannot bear the pain for the rest of their lives.
Caring? Cruel? Matter. What do you think?
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