1-29-07 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro euthanized

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: JD50

Its OK to eat cows but not humans, why the double standard?

:laugh:

 

[ericlp]

So after they killed him... W.as it off to the dog food plant for .5 cents per lb?

Also, you got to remember that 80% of the USA believes in the bible... And what does the bible say about it? Well bingo, there is your answer.

 

[dwcal]

Why is this even front page news? No missing white women this week?

 

[dmcowen674]

Well hell I'd have an empty feeling too after looking in the eyes of a perfectly fine horse or human and killed him or her for no particular reason other than I can.

1-30-2007 Barbaro's surgeon has empty feeling

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - For the last eight months, one of Dean Richardson's first stops on his morning rounds was Barbaro's ICU stall.

Richardson looked into the colt's bright eyes, made sure he was comfortable and formed an emotional bond with the Kentucky Derby winner that maybe only owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson equaled.

One day after Barbaro was euthanized, the morning rounds felt terribly empty.

"I've been getting up before six every morning for the last eight months to look at the horse," said Richardson, pausing to collect his thoughts. "And he's not there. It's kind of tough."

"I'm still having trouble dealing with it," said Richardson, the chief of surgery for the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center, his voice cracking. "I don't really want to talk about it. It's still hard to deal with."

 

[shadow9d9]

It all has to do with the religion.

 

[cwjerome]

Originally posted by: IdaGno
I'm no vet, so I don't know the difference here, but I recall seeing some film footage of a race horese w/a stainless steel right hind quarter, from the knee down. Think Charles Kuralt highlighted the beast during one of his On-The-Road pieces. Like Barbaro, he was kept alive as a money making sperm bank. Don't recall if he was able to mount the mares, tho I think maybe he was able to do so. Either way, I figured they'd quickly do something like that w/Barbaro, or put him down, but for reason unknown to me, they obviously chose PLAN C. Keeping him alive in such an unviable condition, only with an eye towrd maybe making a dollar three eighty, seems typical of the mercenary and decadent times in which we live.

You'd be surprised, horses are exceptionally fragile. I think our vet stays in business through us alone.

I'm sure there are success stories here and there, but horses often simply can't recover from many type of ailments. They can stress very easily and colic (and/or founder) sometimes severely and constantly. The horse is in a state of constant stress and horrible pain... it's VERY sad. We had to put our main horse down after 6 months (and thousands of dollars) of continued problems.

I can't speak for Barbaro's handlers, but that is something I never want to go through again.

 

[Jadow]

They should make a special "Barbaro" line of Elmer's Glue.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Jadow
They should make a special "Barbaro" line of Elmer's Glue.

and Jello

 

[conjur]

Local news reported tonight that Barbaro might be buried here at Churchill Downs (in the gardens at the Ky Derby Museum).

That will probably drive up attendance to the museum.

 

[Corbett]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
It's OK to kill the horse but not humans suffering.

Why the double standard?

Dave, you are the number one person on these forums claiming to be a victim and suffering so much because of what the evil Republicans have done, so i suggest we kill you first to put you out of your own missery.

 

[thegimp03]

Bury a horse?

LOL, I say they make glue out of it. Why the special treatment?