I finally looked at the anti pages. It makes me wonder about many things. Maybe it is just me but I think that there is a real lack of people who understand that everything is not black or white or right or wrong in this world. There are more than one way to do the same thing and get same outcomes. The way you do something is not inherently right. In all aspects of life I have noticed that people seem so much more “my way or the highway” these days. Of course there are some things that are WRONG. But in this discussion of animals you then combine that “no shades of gray” leaning with anthropomorphism and you get the “he is ready to drop…I can see in his eyes how abused he is…he can’t even lay down to rest” posts.
It is obvious to me that the moderators of these pages are happy to let people draw poor conclusions and they in turn readily post contradictory information to get the most comments. There are pictures captioned about horses not being “tethered” ("cruel, inhumane, terrible human not to be holding horse) next to posts with horses tied ("cruel, inhumane, terrible human to be holding/tying horse). It is cruel to have halters under bridles, yet cruel to tie them or not tie them. (Maybe tethering is not cruel but tying is? 
)Cruel to have them eat with bits but cruel to have them not eat. I can’t imagine the outcry if someone unbridled and a horse was pictured in that process. Drivers are berated for decorating with plumes and flowers and then everyone oohs and ahs over a picture posted of a horse wearing a wreath and bunny ears. Protesters are shown with their dogs laying directly on concrete but object to the horses standing on it. And then they think the correlation is not valid because the horses live in stall but not pastures. They claim that it is ok because the dogs live in luxury in their houses/apartments but never think how “happy” dogs would be living outside on 200 acres. I know I have some farm dogs who would not adapt to city living at all. LOL. I do not object to dogs in the city- ones who have adapted to it. I do think that there are some breeds who adapt better than others to either farm or city conditions. Works both ways.
They cannot seem to understand that horses can adapt as well.
Or as has been stated the people running the show don’t want horses in the city at all no matter what or how they are treated nor do they want any animals to be used for any purpose. They are more than happy to let people jump up for them with less than those views or who are less than knowledgeable about animals.
UGH
