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Everything has a cost - the accidental death of a horse in a circumstances unrelated to the actual filming (the horse was returning to its stable with its stable lad) seems to me to be an unfortunate, sad and perhaps distressing event but not a reason to cancel a highly regarded and critically lauded show.

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> To give a different perspective to your question,

> is the life of horses less important than your

> entertainment?


Yes it is. In the same way that the life of a Cow is less important than me enjoying a steak.

I find it very hard to believe it has been cancelled because of the horse deaths.


I?m more inclined to believe that the viewing figures aren?t holding up and they were looking for an excuse to can the series


I?m a big fan of David Milch (Deadwood remains one of my all time favourite ? but that too never saw a proper end to series 3) but I don?t know if enough people are

maxxi Wrote:

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> Given that figures of 600+ horse deaths at race

> meetings in 2006 in the USA were part of another

> thread on here a while back it does seem an

> over-reaction.

>

> Can't see people in this country caring much

> either way.

>

> Five have already died at the year's Cheltenham.


That's why I don't bet on Horses.

the-e-dealer Wrote:

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> and 2000 retired Race Horses cannot be traced. yum

> Yum


There are many more than 2000 horses taken fron the USA to slaughter in Mexico and Canada every year (to avoid US Govt. guidelines) and these are predominantly non-racehorses. The same thing happens in Japan. It's not a racehorse thing - just a horse thing. (And yes they are mainly a food product - those that aren't eaten by humans are made into pet food).

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