Eight Belles

Rest in peace, beautiful girl. What a horrific end to such an elegant race.

I am really upset by this. Even more upsetting is that we hear every day about people that violently all over the world and that rarely bothers me as much as this did. What is wrong with us that we are so desensitized by the death of humans? Is it that animals are innocent, and somehow humans deserve it? Or that there are so many horrible human deaths that we can't keep up with them?

Added on Tuesday the 6th:

The death count in Myanmar is over 200,000 from the cyclone over the weekend and they still won't cover it on the local news. Quelle surprise. But, they're still talking about the horse.