Must be considered immoral, I think

[pearl]

Medina Spirit, the controversial winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, collapsed and died following a workout at Santa Anita Park on Monday, according to California Horse Racing Board's Equine medical director Jeff Blea.
Medina Spirit, 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, dies at Santa Anita Park following workout - CBSSports.com

 

[Rival]

This happens all the time. You should read about the Grand National.

 

[Estro Felino]

Unbearable.

 

[Secret Chief]

Medina Spirit, the controversial winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby, collapsed and died following a workout at Santa Anita Park on Monday, according to California Horse Racing Board's Equine medical director Jeff Blea.
Medina Spirit, 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, dies at Santa Anita Park following workout - CBSSports.com

Is this a religious debate? Deaths are part and parcel of the industry, the horses are a commodity. Search "horse racing industry horse deaths" and pick your links.

 

[Valjean]

Horses are sentient beings. Treating them as commodities is immoral, IMHO.

 

[pearl]

Is this a religious debate?

No, just a question of what some may consider immoral in the sense of animal cruelty.

 

[Secret Chief]

No, just a question of what some may consider immoral in the sense of animal cruelty.

Fair enough, just that you put the OP in General Religious Debates.

It's immoral, you might as well go fox hunting.

 

[AlexanderG]

Over 9 billion animals are slaughtered for meat each year, in the US alone. Numerically, that's about two holocausts per day. If a race horse dying seems immoral, then I'd argue you should eat less meat because I don't see a significant moral difference.

I'm not a vegetarian or vegan but I've cut back a lot on meat. I think that vegetarianism is going to be the next big moral paradigm shift in a generation or two, as the beings that we confer moral significance upon keeps broadening. We'll see.