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By Curadhan Powell | WLKY Louisville » UPDATE: Churchill Downs moves spring meet, cancels races in wake of horse deaths. • View / Read Report at WLKY » As of Sunday, May 28, 12 horses have either died from injuries or euthanasia at Churchill Downs or suffered injuries that required euthanasia in Lexington. April 27,… Continue reading Litany of the dead at Churchill Downs
By Erick Richter | NY Post | Link to source | Or jump to We Say section UPDATE: Churchill Downs moves spring meet, cancels races in wake of horse deaths.Churchill Downs said that the track will go dark after Sunday racing. • View / Read Report at WLKY » Mass changes could finally be coming… Continue reading Emergency horse racing summit called after 12 horses dead at Churchill Downs
“Devastated? You can't make this stuff up. Why is this man still being allowed to train and kill racehorses?” — Tuesday's Horse By Ben Church and Homero De la Fuente (CNN, May 20, 2023) — One of the horses in an undercard race before today’s Preakness Stakes, the Bob Baffert-trained Havnameltdown, has been euthanized, after… Continue reading Another dead racehorse. Baffert “devastated.”
Tuesday's Horse is taking a short break. But before we go, a poem. 'At Grass' by Philip Larkin is a poem about fame and happiness. It focuses on racehorses and how they found new homes away from their previous lives. Wish people would give all of their horses a happy ending. At Grass by Philip… Continue reading On pause
by DENNIS WEBB, Grand Junction Colorado Sentinel » THE deaths of scores of rounded-up wild horses in a holding facility in Cañon City and the removal of hundreds more from public rangelands in Rio Blanco County kept the controversial issue of wild-horse management front and center in media headlines this year. More than 140 horses… Continue reading Roundup, disease outbreak punctuate year of headlines for wild horses
These high-protein vegan recipes are examples of where you can get plant-based protein. Overall it is an excellent article and answers most oft asked questions. Too much emphasis on protein? VegNews writes: Current marketing trends place far too much emphasis on protein. The fact is that a vast majority of Americans get plenty of this macronutrient… Continue reading 10 high protein vegan recipes by VegNews
Introduction What's coming up is a must read for wild horse and burro defenders. Skip this introduction and go directly to source article » In case you have ever wondered why we speak so little about wild horses and burros, you will soon see why once you read the article coming up in just a… Continue reading They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Some Wild Horse & Burro Advocates Do!
About 60 wild horses and burros will be brought to Shale Knoll Arena at Annville by the Bureau of Land Management for a “placement event” Friday and Saturday, June 10-11. Adoptions and sales of the animals will be held by appointment from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Placements will occur in one-hour… Continue reading Wild horse adoption, sale coming to central Pennsylvania
More than 8 million horses, mules and donkeys died in World War I alone. These rugged animals transported ammunition and supplies over landscapes that vehicles could not navigate. And they suffered the same fate as the human warriors, dying from shellfire, weather, chemical gas, or disease. First World War: 7,000 horses died in one day… Continue reading Memorial Day 2022
A poem by Eleanor Farjeon Count the white horses you meet on the way,Count the white horses, child day after day,Keep a wish ready for wishing - if youWish on the ninth horse, your wish will come true. I saw a white horse at the end of the lane,I saw a white horse canter down… Continue reading White horses
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