Luck runs out but racing goes on

April 13 2012 by admin in ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ANIMAL DEFENSE ORGS, APRIL 2012, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, EQUINES |No Comments
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    From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2012:     SANTA ANITA,  CHELTENHAM–Home Box Office cancelled the made-for-TV Dustin Hoffman/Nick Nolte drama series Luck on March 14, 2012 after three on-set horse fatalities in three years of videotaping at the Santa Anita race track in Arcadia,  California. At Cheltenham,  Glou-cestershire,  United Kingdom,  however,  the annual four-day Festival jumps [...]

Editorial—The “Animal Rights Agenda” 25 years later

February 1 2012 by admin in ANIMAL ETHICS, CATS & DOGS, DOGFIGHTING, EDITORIALS, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, JAN-FEB 2012, TACTICS |No Comments

How the Zanesville animals were shot

January 1 2012 by admin in ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL CRUELTY, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, NOVEMBER-DEC 2011, THE LAW, WILDLIFE, ZOOS & CAPTIVITY |No Comments

American Zoo Association to require “protected contact” elephant care

October 18 2011 by admin in ANIMAL BUSINESS, ANIMAL ETHICS, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, INTERNATIONAL, WILDLIFE, ZOOS & CAPTIVITY |No Comments

Spanish national broadcasting agency banishes bullfights to protect children

October 1 2011 by admin in ANIMAL CRUELTY, BLOOD SPORTS, BOVINES & CATTLE, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, INTERNATIONAL, JAN-FEB 2011 |No Comments

Bridget Sipp, wife & business partner of controversial horse trainer & zoo owner Burton Sipp, killed in fire

May 16 2011 by admin in ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, EQUINES, MAY 2011, OBITS |No Comments

Illinois axes subsidy for National High School Rodeo Finals

March 29 2011 by admin in BOVINES & CATTLE, ENTERTAINMENT ANIMALS, EQUINES, MARCH 2011 |No Comments
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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  March 2011: Illinois axes subsidy for National High School Rodeo Finals SPRINGFIELD,  Illinois–The Illinois Department of Agriculture on January 27,  2011 notified the National High School Rodeo Association that it can no longer afford the $1 million annual cost of underwriting the National High School Rodeo Finals,  a 10-day event held in [...]