At Los Alamitos Saturday, Give Me the Lute was said to have “went wrong” and was eventually “transported off the track via ambulance.” This combination, as regular readers know, almost always translates to death, and indeed it has here. From the CHRB: “The 8-year-old gelding Give Me the Lute was injured while competing in the third race Saturday at Los Alamitos, requiring euthanasia.” Oh, so that’s what he was doing – “competing.” Vile. Among the complicit: Gary Barber, Steve Rusich, George Lopez, Abdul Alsagoor.
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Thank you Wee Sherry.
“Until we extend the circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace”
Albert Schweitzer
We certainly have a long, long way to go.
The world has the document, but will not exercise the principles of heart to sue for legal enforcement of compassion and justice for animals.
Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (15 October 1978)
Solemnly proclaimed in Paris on 15 October 1978 at the UNESCO headquarters
Preamble:
•Whereas all animals have rights;
•Whereas disregard and contempt for the rights of animals have resulted and continue
to result in crimes by man against nature and against animals;
•Whereas recognition by the human species of the right to existence of other animal
species is the foundation of the co-existence of species throughout the animal world;
•Whereas genocide has been perpetrated by man on animals and the threat of
genocide continues;
•Whereas respect for animals is linked to the respect of man for men;
•Whereas from childhood man should be taught to observe, understand, respect and
love animals;
It is hereby proclaimed:
Article 1
All animals are born with an equal claim on life and the same rights to existence.
Article 2
1. – All animals are entitled to respect.
2. – Man as an animal species shall not arrogate to himself the right to exterminate or
inhumanely exploit other animals. It is his duty to use his knowledge for the welfare of
animals.
3. – All animals have the right to the attention, care and protection of man.
Article 3
1. – No animal shall be ill-treated or shall be subject to cruel acts.
2. – If an animal has to be killed, this must be instantaneous and without distress.
Article 4
1. – All wild animals have the right to liberty in their natural environment, whether land, air or
water, and should be allowed to procreate.
2. – Deprivation of freedom, even for educational purposes, is an infringement of this right.
Article 5
1. – Animals of species living traditionally in a human environment have the right to live and
grow at the rhythm and under the conditions of life and freedom peculiar to their species.
2. – Any interference by man with this rhythm or these conditions for purposes of gain is an
infringement of this right.
Article 6
1. – All companion animals have the right to complete their natural life span.
2. – Abandonment of an animal is a cruel and degrading act.
Article 7
All working animals are entitled to a reasonable limitation of the duration and intensity of
their work, to the necessary nourishment, and to rest.
Article 8
1. – Animal experimentation involving physical or psychological suffering is incompatible with
the rights of animals whether it be for scientific, medical, commercial, or any other form of
research.
2. – Replacement methods must be used and developed.
Article 9
Where animals are used in the food industry, they shall be reared, transported, lairaged and
killed without the infliction of suffering.
Article 10
1. – No animal shall be exploited for the amusement of man.
2. – Exhibitions and spectacles involving animals are incompatible with their dignity.
Article 11
Any act involving the wanton killing of an animal is biocide, that is, a crime against life.
Article 12
1. – Any act involving mass killing of wild animals is genocide, that is, a crime against the
species.
2. – Pollution or destruction of the natural environment leads to genocide.
Article 13
1. – Dead animals shall be treated with respect.
2. – Scenes of violence involving animals shall be banned from cinema and television, except
for humane education.
Article 14
1. – Representatives of movements that defend animal rights should have an effective voice
at all levels of government.
2. – The rights of animals, like human rights, should enjoy the protection of law.
The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights was solemnly proclaimed in Paris on 15 October
1978 at the UNESCO headquarters.
The text, revised by the international League of Animal Rights in 1989, was submitted to the
UNESCO Director General in 1990 and made public the same year.
N.B. What is needed is an advocate who is willing to fight for these principles to be safeguarded and honored by all countries. A generation that is too absorbed in cell phone communication, and has no interest or desire to preserve and protect the rights of animals, or defending the future of earth will most certainly be responsible for a planet that will tolerate oppression and tyranny. If North Americans can’t take a stand against the evil industry of horseracing then they won’t stand a chance against aggressive nations that are building a world of chaos and ruthlessness.
Tragic. Also, I don’t say this enough, but thank you to Horseracing Wrongs for your for tireless efforts to educate the public the ugly truth about this so-called “sport”. Merry Christmas and hopefully saving many more horses in the coming year.
The moral depravity of the people who are involved in the business of callously exploiting horses for racing shows itself in so many ways and once again in the name choice of this doomed horse.
It never ceases to amaze me that in the 175 or so years since Anna Sewell published the autobiography of a horse ( Black Beauty) we are still complicit in the types of horse abuse the novel highlighted.
Ginger ( Black Beauty’s friend) was broken following abuse in a steeplechase and Black Beauty’s brother broke a leg whilst hunting X country. These two incidences are subsumed into the numerous and nasty abuses which occur throughout the book.
Racing was only a small portion of Black Beauty but remains one of the worst horrors inflicted on equines in the 21st century. We ( en masse) remain stupid and arrogant. A failure to learn the lessons that were obvious in the 19th Century.
Thank you to all in Horseracing Wrongs for your advocacy.
One day, I hope, the horror and unmitigated abuse that is horse racing will end.