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By John Cherwa / LA Times “I believe today’s horse is more precocious, more brilliant at 2-years-old and 3 than they used to be, but they’re also more fragile…” Santa Anita is inching toward its projected March 29 opening after having closed for live racing on March 5 […]
Source: The Donkey Sanctuary Donkeys naturally avoid showing distress, meaning it isn’t always easy to see they are suffering. Donkeys and mules are put to work in tourism all over the world, whether used as taxis, for treks or to carry luggage. While The Donkey Sanctuary does not […]
By Robert Gearty | Fox News The deaths of the horses due to catastrophic injuries suffered in training and during races over the short period of time have alarmed horsemen and racing fans and led to a renewed focus on the racing industry’s long-standing problem with drugs–both legal and […]
Source: Western Values Project “This move will impact over 350 species that depend on the “big empty” of the sagebrush sea – habitat that drives over $1 billion in economic output each year from outdoor recreation alone…” After the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released Records of Decision […]
By Eric Sondheimer and Nathan Fenno as published on The LA Times “The move, believed to be without precedent in North American racing, came hours after the 22nd horse died at Santa Anita since Dec. 26…” In response to a baffling surge of horse deaths at Santa Anita […]
by Jayson O’Neill as published on Western Values Project “It’s been no secret that Western governors have been frustrated with the actions taken by the Interior Department…” David Bernhardt, President Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary, is so toxic that even former and current GOP governors publicly criticized Bernhardt […]
Source: The Dodo “Boy, this Sunday morning did not go as planned. I had spent last night working on an outline for a piece that I was planning to write, for today’s installment, on the issue of Daylight Savings Time and how goofy everyone is about it when […]
Source: Buffalo Field Campaign Is it any wonder that buffalo have been staying out of Montana when this is the kind of welcome they receive? As we’ve been reporting, hardly any buffalo have migrated from Yellowstone into Montana this winter. The few who had come close didn’t stay […]
Source: Center for Biological Diversity Wolves and other wildlife are crucial to America’s natural heritage This is it. Trump has declared a nationwide war on wolves. His administration has rolled out plans to strip Endangered Species Act protection from nearly every wolf in the lower 48. We know […]
Source: KTLA Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that racing won’t be held […]
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