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What rocking racehorse advocates these are. All of us feel swelled up with gratitude for these wonderful people taking a stand against the cruelty and death that goes hand in hand with horse racing American style. Go to Nicole Arciello's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/letthembe1) to see more photos of today's awesome protest at Saratoga. And say… Continue reading Thank you Horseracing Wrongs and Friends who protested at Saratoga Racecourse today
Make a Donation DOPING We are funding investigations into the illegal drugging of racehorses. We are turning the results over to Federal investigators who will make the arrests and press charges for race fixing, a federal offense. Learn more at our website » ILLEGAL (CLANDESTINE) HORSE RACING We have come close to busting some of… Continue reading The cruelties of horse racing — what we’re doing to bring it to and end
This year, while those in the U.S. who are involved with horse racing are drooling over the possibility of a Triple Crown winner, those who detest this cruel and deadly business think only of its victims — the racehorses. Here is a video which does a good job of exposing much of what goes on.… Continue reading Video — From Cradle to Grave: Horse Racing Exposed
The news of abused horses has recently become overwhelming. Rarely a week goes by without hearing about a new cruelty scandal where horses are the victims. But the worst kind of violence against horses happens in broad daylight and in public. Children are witnessing the killing of animals for fun. The latest blood feast comes… Continue reading Torneo de Lazo: Live horses eviscerated in Mexico for fun
Confessions of a Racetrack Veterinarian "Every day, I almost quit". Cross-posted from MSN.com Kate Papp has loved horses for as long as she can remember. That’s why her decision to become a veterinarian specializing in treating racehorses turned into an agonizing career choice -- one that she says forced her almost daily to wonder if… Continue reading Trainers often bear responsibility for overmedicating horses says track veterinarian
The Tennessee Walking Horse industry has failed to eliminate horse soring for decades. Sports Illustrated exposed horse soring (although the term did not yet exist) in 1956 in an article entitled "Woe for Walkers." It states: Horse business and sharp practice have not traditionally been divorced. But far uglier than mere chicanery is the widespread… Continue reading Will we ever really get rid of the horrible abuse of horse soring?
AS REPORTED BY WBIR by EVAN JOHNSON (WBIR) -- Seven horse owners are suing the Blount County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA) for $2.1 million. They claim their horses missed an entire show season in which the animals would have been able to win prize money. The lawsuit stems from an… Continue reading Walking Horse owners sue Blount County SPCA for $2.1M
Cross-posted from the New York Times WRITTEN BY JOE DRAPE LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Early Saturday night, the horses for the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby will saunter onto the racetrack as a capacity crowd at Churchill Downs serenades them with a full-throated “My Old Kentucky Home.” It promises to be a stirring tableau of… Continue reading Scandal casts shadow over grandeur of Kentucky Derby
Cross-posted from The Atlantic BY ANDREW COHEN There are essentially three types of people in horse racing. There are the crooks who dangerously drug or otherwise abuse their horses, or who countenance such conduct from their agents, and who then dare the industry to come catch them. Then there are the dupes who labor under… Continue reading Cohen: The ugly truth about horse racing
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