Horses Humans and Media... How are they connected?
The purpose of this blog project is to explore and inform my
audience of the plight of many horses in horses in entertainment as
well as a analysis of the reality concerning human horse relationships
involving horse racing/ horse showing involving horses. The cruelty and skewed ethics are hidden
when involving the horse’s image through the media’s representations. There is nothing more exciting
and magnificent than watching the beauty, strength and power of a
racehorse as he triumphantly crosses the finish line. However, there have been
many documented accounts of cruelty and maltreatment of these magnificant
animals behind the stall doors. These defenseless and vulnerable animals fate
are left in the hands of an industry driven by profit and gain rather that that
of love and compassion in regards to animal rights. For this blog I will first start off with posts horses in general such as the start of motion picture and its relation to horses, cruel practices such as horse tripping, shoeing and gingering and also examine Horses in advertisements. After these first few posts, I will start to examine specifically the media and the plight of racehorses.
