#all my homies hate commercial poultry breeding
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Listen I'm a bit of a hater and I do have some reservations with the concept surrounding conformation and animal fancy as an institution but horses are one of the LAST animals you can really criticize for their conformation standards and just calling it eugenics. Unlike most dog breed standards, horse conformation is more predicated on their ability to function and perform work, or to carry a wholeass person on their backs so it's really important they got good structure!!! Sure there's halter horses bred purely for show and that's where you start getting the wonky dish faced Arabians and BBL quarter horses but unlike pugs the vast majority of horse breed standards do in fact keep the horse's best interests in mind.
#again my gripe is when conformation is valued ABOVE health and that isn't the case for horses#and utility livestock standards are like the opposite of dog fancy#they want hardy animals that stay healthy until slaughter and are very stringent about inbreeding numbers#well livestock mammals that is we dont talk about poultry#all my homies hate commercial poultry breeding
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