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?By: Karen Asp? ? |??? Reading time: 7?minutes It’s no secret that the Western world needs a dietary intervention. Animal agriculture continues to be among the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions, and without a major shift to a plant-based diet globally as well as at an individual…

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https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2021/04/30/trapping-is-torture/ By?Annoula Wylderich?-April 30, 2021?Facebook?Twitter Cover image from Born Free USA?“Crushing Cruelty” report?released in April. Trapping is perhaps the most egregious abuse of our wildlife. The targeted animals (and often, untargeted creatures who get caught incidentally) can sit in a trap for up to 96 hours in the…

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/video-nra-executive-wayne-lapierre-hunting-elephants-sparks/story?id=77366693 The African savanna elephant was designated as endangered last month.ByJulia JacoboApril 28, 2021, 2:02 PM•?7 min read 3:04 On Location: April 30, 2021Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. A video that shows the National Rifle Association’s embattled executive hunting elephants has sparked outrage…

Horseracing Wrongs Last week, in my post on the Charlotte Steeplechase – “Watching Horses Fall – Good, Clean Family Fun” – one of the horses mentioned was Big Bend, a “bobbled, went lame, vanned off” in the 4th. Turns out, the 7-year-old is dead and in fact never got off the course alive. This from…

Horseracing Wrongs From the My Racehorse – “Affordable Race Horse Ownership” – website on 2-year-old Ancient Royalty: “Tristan de Meric [bloodstock agent] at the farm informed us that when finishing up his morning gallop, Ancient Royalty spooked and bolted into the rail when another horse working close by him spooked and unseated the rider. Unfortunately,…

Horseracing Wrongs Smiling Angelo in the 8th at Mountaineer last night, as relayed by the chartwriter: “sent hard, set the pace to upper stretch taking a bad step nearing the sixteenth pole pulling up being euthanized on the track.” And that is that. Smiling was six, and this was his 16th time under the whip,…

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
https://news.yahoo.com/how-a-false-claim-about-beef-and-bidens-climate-plan-spread-155102973.html Christopher Wilson·Senior WriterMon, April 26, 2021, 8:51 AM·5 min read More content below More content below Joe Biden Greg Abbott On Sunday afternoon, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted out a Fox News graphic about President Biden proposing a reduction in red meat consumption. “Not gonna happen in…

Horseracing Wrongs The whip, of course, is an instrument of abuse; it motivates a racehorse to run faster through pain and fear. Anyone with a working set of eyes can see that. Even the pro-racing equine medical director of California, Dr. Rick Arthur, knows it: “There are those who argue that whipping doesn’t hurt horses,…

Horseracing Wrongs Last year, ahead of Belmont’s Opening Day, the New York Racing Association issued a statement that began: The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced a number of safety initiatives…for the upcoming 25-day spring/summer meet at Belmont Park. … The safety and welfare of horses…competing at NYRA tracks is our highest priority.…

Horseracing Wrongs After 83 deaths at its three tracks (Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga) last year, the New York Racing Association can now boast 21 in ’21, as two more were killed yesterday at Belmont. First, 5-year-old Haikal broke a leg while training in the morning. Then, 3-year-old Determined Heart was felled while racing in the afternoon.…