PETA Protests the Preakness

All you people who haven't participated in racing for a minute think it's your right to rudely insult people who've been in it for years. Maybe if you learned some manners and did some research more people would listen to you.

Hey Danica you got it all wrong... People do listen to us and other animal rights groups as well. There are so many people in the world today who are very aware of the great suffering of Humans and Animals who want it stopped. The world is changing and looking for peace for all creatures large and small. Keep up the great work PETA! Go Vegan...

A TV show investigating the slaughter of thoroughbred horses for profit is airing in the US on Monday. The item named "Hidden Horses" will air on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on May 12. "Few casual horse racing fans are aware that many former racing horses are slaughtered for profit" the show's promo says. "When a thoroughbred racehorse reaches the end of its career or is simply no longer profitable on the track it is often taken directly to auction and sold for meat. "Because horse slaughter is no longer practiced in this country these thoroughbreds are now being shipped by 'killer buyers' to slaughterhouses abroad which are frequently less regulated and less humane than former US slaughterhouses." Many of the horses depicted in the HBO segment went from the track to a slaughterhouse in Mexico very quickly. "It's disturbing that anyone would sell a horse to slaughter but to do so the moment a young horse stops earning the owner a big check seems particularly repugnant" said Chris Heyde deputy director of government and legal affairs with the Animal Welfare Institute. "This piece further demonstrates the clear need for passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act." While the last three horse slaughterhouses operating on US soil were closed in 2007 under state laws more than 100000 American horses continue to be killed annually at plants located in Canada and Mexico. The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act introduced in the US Congress as H.R. 503 and S. 311 would prohibit the domestic slaughter of horses for human consumption abroad as well as their export for the same purpose. "This is a black eye that the Thoroughbred racing world just can't afford right now" Heyde said. "We hope the industry will clean up its act." AWI encourages everyone to step up calls to their legislators and House and Senate leadership demanding a vote on the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act immediatly to stop the slaughterhouses from exporting tens of thousands of American horses to Mexico and Canada. Horse slaughter in the news

No one listened to you guys and bye the way not one horse got hurt at pimlico on the 17th. why don't you stop slaughter because race horses are not the only ones to be sent to the slughter house. Horse slaughter is the bigger problem. Horse racing is the most amazing sport and I only watch racing because i LOVE the horses. not for the money. plus half of the PETA members don't even know what there talking about

Dear PetaI am a proud member of Peta and have been for over 22 years. Thank you once again for your timely and diligent action in the Preakness Murder.Please investigate Horse Racing in Puerto RicoAnimal Abuse is Rampant Thank You Dennis Costello