Racing Horse Abuse and Slaughter, NYT and SI

The Kentucky Derby is today and horse racing will once again be in the spotlight. I’ve never enjoyed watching horses race. In fact, I’ve never enjoyed watching any horse try to move naturally with a human on his/her back, whether it be a lightweight jockey or some fat-ass at a horse event or riding stable. [...]

DawnWatch: Animal Rights Year-End Round Up

Karen Dawn puts it all together and ties it with a nice bow. Read, enjoy, get active. It is Christmas, which means before I go have a beautiful veggie meal with my loved ones and then retire for a week, I get to send out my round up of the major animal stories in the [...]

DawnWatch: NPR Examines Horse Racing On ‘All Things Considered’

Today’s second post! Take Action! page updated. On Wednesday, June 4, NPR’s All Things Considered ran a segment they headed, “Bred for Edge, Greatest Racers May Have Handicaps.” You can listen to the four minute segment or read the Web story, which provides much of the same information, online at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91158342 It discusses concerns that [...]

DawnWatch: Slaughter of race horses on HBO as horse racing makes news

The Preakness, another Triple Crown horse race, is today. I have no idea when because I don’t watch horse racing because I firmly believe it is abusive and WRONG. Let’s hope we don’t have a repeat of the Eight Belles tragedy today. The necropsy results were released yesterday, claiming that “”No pathology was found to [...]

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