Okay, I apologize, no offense meant to NZ. Like I say, I'm not in the loop. I didn't have the patience to investigate the forum. (Don't mean to hijack the thread, but my wife and I watch almost entirely British TV and films through Netflix largely because of their understated approach to most things.)
No offense taken, and I know a lot of Kiwis who would have reacted the same way the ones on that forum did.
I remember reading something a while ago that said "Back forty or so years ago we were harder on animals and kinder to people" and I agree with it, it seems a lot of people have elevated animals above people these days and it does cause a lot of problems. Having said that I can't think of anyone forty years ago who would be stupid enough to get on a five month old colt.
