Animal Maltreatment in Human Entertainment in Horse Heaven

Limin WU

Abstract


As one of her well-known works, Jane Smiley’s Horse Heaven draws our attention to the fate of thoroughbreds at the racetrack. Through some typical cases of horse maltreatment in different situations, Smiley uncovers cruel facts about human entertainment involving animals. For some people, animals are just instruments to get fortune, fame, or fun, while their needs, health, value, dignity, and life are neglected. Doubtlessly, Smiley intends to criticize animal cruelty in human entertainment, and calls for our care for nonhuman animals.

 


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Maltreatment; Human entertainment; Thoroughbreds; Instrumentalization

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/12735

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