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GDPisnotsustainable t1_j9vyp6f wrote

PROOF! I knew you didn’t need to kill horses if it broke its leg.

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SeiCalros t1_j9wpmas wrote

depends on how much money you have and how important the horse is

horse biology does not tend itself to fixing broken legs - wild horses simply do not survive broken legs and even with modern medical care the leg never really gets fixed - it will heal a bit and then break again in the same spot

but!

in the past ten years or so weve developed some treatments for minor fractures that work pretty good

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MedicalJargon-itis t1_j9wrztz wrote

>in the past ten years or so weve developed some treatments for minor fractures that work pretty good

I think I saw one of those treatments in action once! Her name was Eight Bells, right?

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