Slaughter

California Board Claims (With Straight Faces) That California Racehorses Don’t Go to Slaughter

At the April California Horse Racing Board meeting, the vice-chair, Madeline Auerbach, was rude and condescending, suggesting activists take up children’s causes instead. Oh, and she also said this: “Our horses do not go to slaughter.” As I wrote at…

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The Profoundly Sad End for Platinum Ticket – and the Racing Industry’s Responsibility

The good folks at Animals’ Angels produced the following video on the (likely) sad and horrific end for the former racehorse Platinum Ticket. One note before watching, however: Platinum’s final racing owner, Richard Englander, would have us believe that he…

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Racehorses Sold to Kill-Buyer, and the Authorities Don’t Care – The Lie of Horseracing’s “Anti-Slaughter Policies”

The following, based on her own painstaking investigation, was written by our Joy Aten. Please read, then share… Racing owner/trainer Burton Sipp sold five TB racehorses at the November 3 Lolli Bros. horse auction – at least two of the…

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Racing Insider: “Overwhelming Number of [Thoroughbreds] Are Slaughtered”

As mentioned previously, the best indictments of this industry often come from within. Take slaughter, for instance. While the racing people typically (and understandably) avoid this issue like the plague, occasionally some honesty surfaces. In a recent HorseRaceInsider article, long-time…

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