The Horse In American Culture

The role of the horse has changed and evolved a lot over time in many ways. Horses were once only wild animals that live in herds and roam around big, spacious green lands. These animals were once only used for their meat as a source of food and their hides were used for clothing blankets to keep people warm. Horses were later domesticated to be used as transportation and a source of farm labor. Since they were domesticated horses have shown people how smart they are. Horses show an abundance of emotions and cognition daily, which should force people to treat them as creatures with feelings and thoughts of their own.
These mammals live to be about 25-30 years old. However, my grandmas horse is still alive and is almost 35 years old. …show more content…
Off the eastern shore of Virginia on an island called Assateague there are a few herds of wild ponies. These ponies are swam from Assateague to Chincoteague Island where they are sold to tourists. The ponies that do not get sold are swam all the way back to Assateague where they stay until next year. No one really knows where the horses came from or how they ended up on the island, but over the years people have developed two interesting yet very different …show more content…
Horses have been used this way because everything they possess to offer has been used as a resource. They have been used as a source of food for people. Native Americans used them for many different reasons including food. Their hides were used to keep people warm like being used to make clothes and blankets. Later, horses were used as a source of transportation and as a means to help farmers. Horses were to plow through land, fertilize soil, move trees, and move machinery around. Now even the horse’s personality is being used. Horses are kept as pets and used for companionship and as a hobby when people use them to ride and to enter horse shows. Deep ecology says people are not the only main connection to the ecosystem. Many other things such as animals and plants are key to the ecosystem. Horses are a part of the food chain and help keep the ecosystem and the environment in balance. To conclude horses have been used for so many different reasons over the last few centuries. Horses are smart and use their cognitive abilities daily in their herds or in their stables. Horses have emotions like people and they can feel when something or someone hurts them. Horses deserve respect and should be treated as the living, breathing, feeling creature that they