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Horse Kills at U.S. Tracks
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With "Kids Day," NYRA Shows Its Depravity Knows No Bounds
This Sunday is “STAR Kids Day” at Saratoga. Below is how NYRA is promoting it. All I can say is indoctrinating children – some pre-school age – into animal abuse is about as despicable as it gets. An unadulterated obscenity. And, as you will see, these children (among other things) will have opportunities to “read…
More Statements on Confinement
For me, the worst we humans do to animals is take away their autonomy, their freedom. Stick them in a cage, a crate, a tank, or, in the case of racehorses, a tiny 12×12 stall for the vast majority of their day(s). It is cruelty defined, all the more so for being done to social…
Two Years Old, Very First Race: "Fell: open, comminuted fractures [both front legs]."
Through a FOIA request to the New Mexico Racing Commission, I have confirmed the following kills at that state’s tracks thus far this year. Note: NM’s recordkeeping has historically been the worst in the nation. While I do believe they have been making an effort to improve, I am sure we are still not getting…
On Confinement…
For me, the worst we humans do to animals is take away their autonomy, their freedom. Stick them in a cage, a crate, a tank, or, in the case of racehorses, a tiny 12×12 stall for the vast majority of their day(s). It is cruelty defined, all the more so for being done to social…
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