Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Why do they euthanize horses with broken legs?

After the sad end of Eight Bells in the Kentucky Derby, the logical question was raised, "Why not put her on a horsey bed and let her recover?" this article explains why this makes sense for a human but not a horse, in a medical sense.

http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/080506-llm-horse-bones.html


1 comment:

Sean said...

Thanks for posting this story Nomad. I had been wondering about this.