Three recently confirmed kills from the NYS Gaming Commission…
Find Your Joy: “Horse sustained abrasions to pelvis region and head during transportation on Apr 9. [Subsequently] severe laminitis was found in RH legs and horse was euthanized Apr 19.” More extended suffering. This poor girl had just turned four.
Tomacon: “Horse experienced an esophageal obstruction during transportation to Belmont after winning the fourth race [at Aqueduct] on Apr 4. Euthanasia was elected on Apr 20 due to poor prognosis with bilateral lung abscesses, pleural edema, and laminitis.” And yet more. Tomacon was three.
Always A Panther, racing at Monticello Feb 13, no details. Always was seven.
You’re correct Wanda ….poor souls(horses) sentenced to a life of HELL. Not at all natural
The lipchains, bits, tongue ties, whips, buzzers, the various drugs injected into their bodies, the 23 hour a day confinement, the forced galloping and the repetitive stress, the ulcers that nobody sees or cares about, all this and worse than this is on display as entertainment.
May 3, 2008..Eight Belles finished second in the Kentucky Derby and lost her life right after the finish line. Another first Saturday in May is upon us again.
Wednesday evening, CBS News reported from Churchill Downs on the favorite named JOURNALISM and the trainer referred to the racing that will take place on Saturday, May 3rd as “entertainment” (of course).
Their “journalism” at CBS News failed to report the cold hard facts of this Animal Cruelty they call entertainment.