Re: RC: Infants and toddlers on horses

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

Maybe you meant, Marv, to say most dangerous *domestic* animal?  I believe 
the dairy bull could fill that position quite easily.

>No woman in her right mind would take her toddler nieces in the lion 
>enclosure to pet the kitties

You could rephrase that statement to "no woman/parent his her/his mind 
would take a toddler into an ice hockey/soccer game, or into Times Square 
in New York City, or maybe even into Jerusalem these days" and it would be 
equally true.  I think that people are much more risky to deal with than 
horses and much less predictable in too many circumstances - with horses 
there's no back stabbing, no flaming, less grudge holding, less incidences 
of irrational behavior, violent aggression and even murder.  Look at the 
stats on human crime vs horse accidents.  I think they'll support my 
thinking.  Lif

Lif Strand
Quemado NM  USA
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