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Originally Posted by ngdawg
In rodeo's however, in order to get a horse to buck, its genitals are tied tightly with a leather strap. That was not always the case-'unbroken' horses used to be used, but could only be ridden for so long before they'd just get used to it and stop bucking.
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Sorry but this is nothing but PETA propaganda. The flank cinch (or bucking cinch) is not tied around a horse's genitals. Horse's genitals are pulled inside their body when they aren't being "used". All bucking horses are mares or geldings, and there's no possible way that the cinch could do any damage to the horse's genitals. Bucking horses are trained to buck when they have the cinch on.
I think bestiality is illegal more because it's weird or gross than because it is cruel to animals, at least most animals. Obviously some animals could be injured by someone penetrating them, but "jerking off a pig" is something veterinarians do every day for the purpose of artificial insemination and they also apply the result to the female hogs. Pregnancy testing in cattle is done by sticking your arm 2 feet up a cow's rectum and either feeling around with your hand or using an ultrasound probe, and the cows don't get particularly upset about that, so I doubt they would care much about someone having sex with them.
Not trying to advocate bestiality at ALL here, but I also wouldn't particularly consider it animal abuse as long as the animal isn't being hurt, at least in the case of the average farm animal.