ANTI-SLAUGHTER INFORMATION AND ACTION!!!!

Please visit the following link for all the latest resources to END HORSE SLAUGHTER IN 2007!
http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/thread.aspx?ThreadID=179754

WELFARE AND SAFTEY RECOMMENDATIONS RELEASED

Please click here to access the story and the full report
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=36325


http://www.bloodhorse.com/pdf/welfaresummit.pdf

Breeders’ Cup Classic
Death Overshadows Upset of Bernardini in the Breeders’ Cup

David C. Burton/Associated Press

Pine Island broke down in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff race and had to be euthanized. The jockey Javier Castellano later rode in the Classic.
By JOE DRAPE
Published: November 5, 2006
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov.4 — This was supposed to be the coronation of Bernardini, the sensational 3-year-old who had picked up where the Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro, had left off after fracturing his right hind leg in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes.

The $5 million Classic was also supposed to crown Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Bernardini’s owner and the ruler of Dubai, as one of America’s most formidable breeding and racing operations.
Instead, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships yesterday reminded the nation of Barbaro once again, when the two co-favorites in the $2 million Distaff broke down, and one of them, Pine Island, had to be euthanized. In a strange coincidence, the winner in the Distaff, Round Pond, was conditioned by Michael Matz and ridden by Edgar Prado, Barbaro’s trainer and jockey.

the rest at..

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/sports/othersports/05racing.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin

HR 503 PASSES THE HOUSE!! ON TO S1915 AND THE SENATE!!

Please contact your Senators and ask for their support of S1915...

The following link to the HSUS provides some excellent counter-points to common myths about horse slaughter and the consequences of a ban..

http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/equine_protection/

RALLY AGAINST HORSE SLAUGHTER!!

If you are in the DC area, please consider attending the rally in support of HR 503 on September 5th..

For more information..http://www.saplonline.org/Alerts/rallyforhorses.htm

Please consider becoming an Ambassador for Barbaro...

Visit the Campaigning for Barbaro home page for more information..

http://campaigningforbarbaro.com/Home_Page.php

HORSE SLAUGHTER IN THE US MUST END!!

please write your Congress persons and ask them to support HR 503 and S1915..

Here's an easy way to write your reps..

http://capwiz.com/congressorg/sbx/f/?aid=8977316&r=1

REFORM HORSERACING NOW!!

Barbaro's tragic injury at the Preakness was the most famous in a deadly season of racing. 16 horses have been euthanized due to injuries at Del Mar and another 27 have died at Arlington Park. Please consider signing the linked petition which calls for reform of horseracing now! http://www.petitiononline.com/reformhr/petition.html