Interview on Unchainedtv
I, along with our wonderful Arizona ally Gary Vella, appeared on Unchainedtv Tuesday. Thank you to Jane Velez-Mitchell and host Lindsey Baker for having us.
Giving Voice
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An Open Letter to Governor Hochul
Dear Governor Hochul: I am writing today to respectfully request that you not attend, or support in any way, the Belmont Stakes this week. (If commitments have already been made, please consider the following going forward.) For far too long,…
Our Preakness Protest, in Pictures
Saturday, HW will be hosting a protest at the Belmont Stakes in New York. Remember, change only happens when we the people demand it. And, like every other great social-justice movement in our nation’s history, it starts in the streets.…
Take the Pledge
Do you believe that horseracing is fundamentally immoral? That it, at its very core, is animal cruelty? That it must end? If so, Take the Pledge.
We’re Winning; The Headlines Prove It
This fight in which we are engaged is a public-relations one – a war for America’s hearts and minds. And we are clearly winning. Yesterday, in my Google alerts on horseracing, the following headlines appeared. Again, this was one day…
Let the HSUS Know That Dogracing and Horseracing Are One and the Same
Yesterday, the AP ran an article on dogracing’s impending demise: By the end of this year, there will be but two tracks left in the entire nation (both in West Virginia). We, along with activists everywhere, celebrate this development, and…
Write Those Letters
Although newspapers are clearly not what they used to be, a letter-to-the-editor (or better yet, op-ed) is still a powerful tool in the activist arsenal. This one recently appeared in The Cornwall Seeker (Ontario, Canada). (My notes are bracketed.) “No…
Rillito Official: “We just had a couple unfortunate incidents [dead horses, that is], and I’m hoping to get past that soon.”
It’s not that I think all racing people are dumb (though some certainly are). It’s just that so many have become so inured to the cruelty and killing that they say dumb things, seemingly oblivious to how they sound to…
Rillito Witness: “Something I still can’t get out of my mind.”
I received this after Rillito recorded four kills on its opening weekend. (She wishes to remain anonymous.) I happened to be at the soccer fields next to the track walking my dog when I saw the horse go down. It…