As you know, Box Elder County Fairgrounds was scheduled to host a notoriously cruel “horse tripping” event—using horses around 1 year of age with undeveloped musculoskeletal systems—on January 18. PETA just learned that the event has been canceled! Thank you to all who spoke out against this event and to the Box Elder County Commission for making this compassionate decision!
Update: Box Elder County Says NO to Horse Torture!
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind