Is PETA against horseback riding?

A Close Look at the Horse-Human Relationshi. Many animal rights activists, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), have announced arguments against the use of horses for any and all riding purposes.

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Moreover, do horses like their hooves cleaned?

No, horses don't like being shod, they tolerate it. I have a brother who was a farrier for 40 years (farrier is what you call a person who shoes horses) most horses like having their feet cleaned and trimmed as the frog part of the hoof stone bruises easily. Correspondingly, can horses laugh? Horses will raise their noses in the air and curl their upper lip towards the sky, revealing their upper teeth. The result is they look like they are having a good laugh. By curling the upper lip, the horse forces a smell to go further into the nasal cavity to be analyzed.

Also, do horses feel love?

Horses may not love each other in the same capacity of a human loving another human. But a horse can certainly feel - and give - affection. It's about trust. Like any relationship, don't rush things. You can also ask are horses color blind? Color Recognitio. Horses can identify some colors; they see yellow and blue the best, but cannot recognize red. Horses also have a difficulty separating red from green, similar to humans who experience red/green color blindness. Horses still see red things ? they just appear as an intermediate color or even as gray.

Regarding this, why do horses lift their front leg when eating?

Supposedly the horse being a herd and prey animal prefers to keep moving especially when eating as it is very vunerable time and the pawing and leg lifting helps relieve the anxiety.