Last June 24, a Follonica (prov. Grosseto) during a trot race, A horse died suddenly after crossing the finish line. And no, these are not “accidents”, they are manifestations of doubtful taste, also pay with public funds Where life is put back to us are innocent beings, forced to a life they don’t want to do because they were not born for this.
As the Lav reports but also several social groups of horse racing and horses associations, during a race in the trot circuit of the Hippodrome of Follonica, in the province of Grosseto, the horse Fawley Buissonay He literally collapsed after crossing the finish line, collapsing on the ground under the upset gaze of the public who, perhaps only at that moment he stopped “having fun”. The animal was ten -year -old baio malerecently imported from France to compete in Italy.
Another broken life from a system that continues to conceal violence behind the illusion of sport – thunders the lav – We oppose any narrative that describes the horses used in horse racing as volunteer “athletes”. Their selection, training, management and use in the race respond exclusively to economic logic
And no, because an accident is something that happens by fortuitous causes: in these cases the deaths are in fact caused, by a system that puts profit in front of life. And – be careful – it is not a “private” system (however regrettable): in fact, as the lav denounces, the Italian state has destined for the beginning of the year Over 161 million euros to the horse racing via the Ministry of agriculture, food sovereignty and forests.
The death of Fawley Buissonay is not a fatality, but the predictable epilogue of a system that ignores the ethological needs of the horses and suppresses the subjectivity – thunders Nadia Zurlo, Lav area of the equid area – Public funding cannot be intended for horse racing And we loudly ask for a plan of structural overcoming of this sector. Horses are not racing tools: they are individuals with their own interests, including the fundamental one not to be reduced to means. Their existence can no longer be subordinate to human entertainment
On the causes of the death of the poor innocent horse, the experimental zooprophylactic institute is investigating. But it is clear that this death is everything except a tragic fatality.
Sources: Lav / Horse Angel Odv / Facebook
