# Horses and horsemanship

**URL:** <https://bbad.com/t/horses-and-horsemanship/755>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://bbad.com/t/horses-and-horsemanship/755 "2019-09-17T06:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gundi](https://bbad.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Gundi](https://bbad.com/u/Gundi)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://bbad.com/t/horses-and-horsemanship/755/11 "2020-02-10T19:19:35Z")

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> [@thinkingaboutit](#):
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> at least it is without a saddle or spurs but i think its still animal abuse… unless the human lets the horse ride on their back as well;)

Nature is animal abuse per se. Predators, diseases, natural disasters. Admittedly, human kind was the worst of all for thousands of years he used them for wars and hard work. But some people treat the leisure horses of today quite well and those horses don‘t appear to be unhappy but even greet and voluntarily run towards their owner when they come.

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