Sad: 21 Polo horses dead/poisoned

[Amsley246]

Some people I think just don't care anymore. Those Horses didnt need to have that stuff injected into them. They said it was to help the horse overcome exhaustion. Last I heard, to overcome exhaustion, you stopped and rested, not took drugs (well, at least naturally). If the horses were exhausted then they shouldn't have even thought about racing them. It's so sad how drugs and "alternatives" have overpowered society. People think they don't need things when they can get it from a pill. It's terrible.

[Peggysu]

Originally Posted by blackarrow

No, that does not follow. It would be better for the company to pin it on some individual and say they were deranged than for the company to say it didn't have well trained or careful employees or good quality control procedures.

It might not look good to pin it on the individual especially if there was a pay out. It would make that industry look bad in the public eye. No one wants to think/know about the horses being fixed to win or lose.

But ultimately we don't truely know what happened and unfortunately some horses lost their lives.

[pigsmakemesmile]

A brief report on NBC nightly news tonight stated that so far, the investigation has lead to a pharmacy error. Apparantly there was a dosing error in a preparation they were given. Those poor babies, I'm certain the person responsible for the error is feeling awful, it was an error, as humans, were're highly prone to making mistakes, each and everyone of us has made mistakes, so I hope that rather than finger pointing at those responsible, we pray for them and for the animals that died.

[louie_joey]

So disgusting what some people do. Poor horses, its so terrible.