In 1877, during the few remaining years of her life, Anna Sewell published her first book, Black Beauty. Originally, Black Beauty was targeted towards adults. Sewell wanted her book to send out a powerful message about horse rights. However, in the end it has become a classic novel for youth and is beloved by generations of children (“How ‘Black Beauty’”).
When Sewell was in the process writing Black Beauty, as aforementioned, she intended the novel to send out an impactful message about animal rights, in particular horses. Sewell hoped that Black Beauty would do for horse rights as Uncle Tom’s Cabin had done for slavery. In the end, she did attain her aim. American activists brought the book back to the United States, and the book spread
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One of these practices is called soring. Soring is a painful procedure for the purpose of showing off a horse’s gait. One sores by applying or injecting chemical or mechanical irritants on a horse’s foreleg (“Horse Soring”). The book Black Beauty placed a negative connotation on this practice and through this many people discovered the horrible lengths that people would go through in order for a horse’s gait to look presentable.
Another practice that Black Beauty impacted was the bearing rein. Bearing rein is a strap used to pull a horse’s head into its chest to force the appearance of an arch in its neck (“How ‘Black Beauty’”). The bearing rein was used to obtain a highly desired look in aristocratic society, however it was extremely painful for horses. One of the reasons that it was so detrimental to horses was because the unnatural arch incapacitated the horse and usually lead to respiratory issues. In addition, when the bearing rein strap is attached, horses cannot use their muscles correctly or breath
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Many people were oblivious to what a bearing rein was, and for the majority of people who did know what it was, they weren’t aware of the detrimental effects and pain that it caused to horses. During the time of the book’s release, many people were ignorant. This includes the pain that all animals, including horses, faced to please society (“How ‘Black Beauty’”).
In addition, one of the other practices that Black Beauty placed a harsh light on was docking. Docking is when someone amputates the distal bony part of the limbs. This causes a horse’s tail to look shorter, solely for aesthetical purposes. This creates an issue because horses normally use their naturally long tails in order to get gnats and flies off of them. However, when a horse has a short tail, they are unable to accomplish this.
Moreover, this is an issue for whoever is using the horse. Instead of focusing completely on the task, the horse will end up being bothered by all the bugs biting at them with no way to get them off. This could cause the horse to momentarily lose focus and
Times have changed though people no longer have to have their horses trained in such a hurry. Very few horses are used very hard today. Not all horses were started in such a rough manner then either. The Spanish vaqueros of the 1800's used the bosal to start their horses, and they took their time in doing so.
...s that she has created this masterpiece about love, finding true self and forgiveness. It was this particular book wherein she was able to portray the realities, as well as the aspects of every living African American.
Hippotherapy, a specialized form of equine therapy, “is a physical, occupational or speech and language therapy treatment strategy that utilizes equine movement. Hippotherapy literally means ‘treatment with the help of the horse’ from the Greek word, "hippos" meaning horse” (“Hippotherapy.”). Equine therapy is an all-encompassing type of therapy that includes riding horses, learning about the horse as a creature, the physical activity involved in horseback riding, and much more. Hippotherapy also requires a licensed, specially-trained therapist to teach and oversee lessons because of the hands-on nature of this method while therapeutic riding only requires a professional horseback-riding instructor, typically with some background in physical or occupational therapy Hippotherapy riders usually have more severe deficits and, therefore, hippotherapy is a little bit more intense than physical therapy. Both hippotherapy and therapeutic riding can utilize the unique movement of a horse to “assist in meeting therapy goals.” The horse’s gait mimics that of a human, and for that reason, horses can aid in the treatment of patients with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy and the rehabilitation of injured people such as
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Attention Getter: To me life with out horses is a life not worth living. To most people there are only two types of styles of riding, English and western, but there are many more types than that. And all are different.
By doing this the author makes the audience question just how much they know about the sport; how many horse and rider deaths occur each year, how many of those are a direct result of a rotational fall, how many of those could have been prevented by the use of the proposed safety measures, the author does this by presenting facts and information from committees and the FEI.
While in Milan, Da Vinci spent a considerable amount of time on a number of dissections of the horse in preparation for a statue. While the bulk of the drawings on the anatomy of the horse are of the surface anatomy, and drawn by Leonardo in the guise of the artist, there are nevertheless some detailed ones illustrating the muscles of the horse's thigh compared to the corresponding muscles of man, suggesting that ...
We, as humans, face the most difficult challenges: conformity. We inadvertently aim to be what we see depicted in the environment around us. In many instances, we do so under extreme circumstances without regard to the consequences. Around the globe, different beauty practices of enduring violence and pain, mutilation and self-mutilation can be found in almost every culture. In the Chinese culture, binding one's feet are done in order to achieve a certain length. Foot binding has disappeared from modern-day China, but it was once accepted and a promoted practice among many Chinese women. The origin of such culture, beauty practice is somewhat a mystery; there are many theories as to why women began to bind their feet. The reasons why women began binding their feet are not the only field of importance, why it became popular for women to bind their feet, how and why it became accepted in the Chinese culture and the consequences due to these practices are considered as well. Foot binding was known as a cultural practice that represented femininity and eroticism through physical and mental violence. In this cultural practice, it is believed that foot binding speaks multiple languages; seduction, eroticism, virtue, discipline and sacrifice. Both mother and daughter mutilated their feet in hopes of fulfilling
Riding encourages a child to work with their hands, exercise, and connect with horses and people of all ages, gain confidence, and learn new skills. Courtnee Niggel, an instructor summarizes how “A six year old child was told she will never walk again but after years of equine therapy she is now able to walk with a walker or by holding on to the sides of walls” (Niggel 1). Equine Therapy leaves a child with amazing results and changes their life drastically all the way from growing social skills to helping with motor skills, even to
The factor of the horse’s rhythmical gait can most times help the rider achieve their goals to be able to do every-day activities. Bettie B. Borton, AUD states that it is “worth considering as an alternative setting for the provision of speech-language remediation.” Therefore, hippotherapy
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The emergence of black women writers on the American literary scene was not a sudden or a fortuitous event.Their bursting on to the scene was a result of the new found consciousness of black American women.They were increasingly becoming conscious of the racist and patriarchal oppression that they were being subjected to in America.By the 1970's the black women had the knowledge that both-The Civil Rights Movement and The Feminist Movement were neglecting the issues relating to black women.Despite being active participants in both the move...
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