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Fuck 'em, and everyone else don't care which country or their horses that they rode in on including everybody without horses I don't discriminate unless it's a miniature horse (bit of a soft spot for those little guys).
Them and Shetland ponies are adorable. 💜
/rant incoming.
unpopular opinion
Shetland ponies are bonsai carthorses. With extra attitude. I've had a fair bit to do with them over the years - I have a lot of respect for them but not much affection. Little turds. It's the floof factor that tolls in the general public, and is highly deceptive as a guide to general character. They're smarter than most humans and a whole lot stronger. Certainly not suitable as kids' ponies imo due to general oppositional attitude. I've seen so many kids scared out of horsemanship by a 'cute' shetland pony who got the wood over the kid from day one.Don't know much about minis but I have a deep distaste for these mutants. Same as for munchkin cats - a human creation that isn't really viable as a cat but feeds the human preference for neoteny. Like dogs bred for extra 'cuteness' at the cost of their health and longevity. Too many spend their lives in constant pain as a result of their human preferred and encouraged disabilities. But they're cuuuuuute so will continue to exist to feed our human fantasies for pseudohumans that cannot grow up into true adults. Don't get me started on the whole concept of furbabies. I know this view isn't shared by a lot of people.
Commensal animals are NOT human - and we do them a huge disservice by pretending to ourselves that they are human babies. We owe them the respect of treating them in accordance with their species - not trying to force them into a human mould and a pretty horrible and exploitative human mould at that.
/rant over