Horses helped shape the world as we know it. Now we run them to death | Elizabeth Banicki

For centuries the horse has been our partner, has shaped our history and sacrificed itself for our defense, our causes, and our conquests.

Yet modern society, which has long abandoned warring on horseback, still tolerates dangerous and violent exploitation of the horse.

Despite the sacrifices these allies have made for our evolution, we continue to demand they forfeit their lives.