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Seriously? PETA Demands NFL Change Name of Penalty That ‘Exploits Horses For Labor’

Because progressive PETA believes the horse collar tackle is somehow ‘mean’ to horses

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills stiff arms defender Anthony Barr of the Minnesota Vikings during a game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sept. 23, 2018. Barr was penalized on the play for a horse-collar tackle. (Hannah Foslien / Getty Images)

From WesternJournal.com…

In what might be termed a dark horse bid for attention, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for the NFL to change its language regarding one particular penalty.

The NFL’s annual meeting will be held from March 27 through March 30.

Through a letter it says it sent to NFL Competition Committee Chairman Rich McKay, PETA is asking the league to ban the term “horse-collar tackle.”

In a news release on Wednesday, the animal rights group claimed that the term “makes light of using tight harnesses to exploit horses for labor.”

“Words matter, and the term ‘horse-collar tackle’ trivializes an old-style contraption that exploits horses for labor,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in the letter.

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