Archive for the ‘Horses’ Category
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Tony Avella, a Councilman from Queens, does not like seeing those horse-drawn carriages on Manhattan streets. "You know, enough is enough. It's time for this industry to end," he said.
Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders joined a protest sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). "These ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
In this post-911, post-Katrina world, it makes sense to have a Disaster Preparedness plan, particularly if you live in an area subject to natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires....
Hurricane Pets Rescue has put together a helpful list of things you can do to be ready, in case ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Big Brown, the winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, injured his foot in a training workout this morning, and will never race again. The three-year-old colt will be retired to enter stud at Robert Clay's Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky, for the 2009 breeding season.
Michael Iavarone, ...
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
The accomplishments of Michael Phelps in Beijing this week have been truly inspiring. The Olympic champion won his eighth gold medal of the 2008 summer games, when team USA placed first in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay on Sunday, August 17, 2008. "Nothing is impossible," Phelps said. "With so many ...
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
Before Senator John Edwards' 42-year-old mistress moved to Los Angeles and started calling herself Rielle Hunter, she was a New York party girl named Lisa Druck. She was also a race horse owner in Ocala, Florida. Her horse, Henry the Hawk, was the victim of a killing-for-hire, staged so Ms. ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The horse meat industry is booming in Canada since the ban on slaughter took effect in the United States. Those profiting in the industry make the case that they are providing a humanitarian service. "There's more abandoned, neglected and abused horses in the US now than there ever was in ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Yesterday was the first day of Royal Ascot. It's easy to forget about the horses, because the news is all about the dress code.
The dress code for the royal enclosure was tightened up this year after complaints that standards are slipping. Mini-skirts, midriff-baring tops, spaghetti straps and halter-neck dresses have ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
An Associated Press investigation has concluded that US racetracks reported more than three horse deaths a day last year, and a total of 5,000 since 2003. Most of these horses were euthanized after sustaining devastating injuries on the track. A competing study by the Association of Racing Commissioners International determined ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
On Monday, June 16, 2008, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal brought by Cavel International Inc., a Belgian-owned horse slaughterhouse that sought to overturn a ban in Illinois on the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The state law that effectively shut down the abattoir's ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Big Brown won the 134th Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008, but the big story was the death of the filly Eight Belles. Moments after placing second in the race, Eight Belles collapsed beneath her jockey, about a quarter mile from the finish line. Both of her front ankles were ...
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