Monday, May 17, 2004
Special thanks to Ted Vegvari and pvnet.com for audio hosting
Audio Archive:http://live.palosverdes.com/ramgen/watchdog/watchdog20040517.rm

WatchDog discusses the abuse of horses in entertainment, focusing on rodeos and horse racing, and why these horses end up at the slaughterhouse.

Guests:

Holly Cheever, DVM, has experience treating horses in the racing industry. She now assists local law officials in animal cruelty case investigations, lobbies for improved animal protection laws as a board member of the New York State Humane Association, and lectures to all ages on environmental and animal welfare subjects. |
http://www.theanimalhospital.com/Holly.htm


 


Steve Hindi and Pat Vinet from SHARK discuss their undercover rodeo video showing horses and bulls suffering electric shocks, current investigations, and the federal horse slaughter bill. 
http://www.sharkonline.org
http://www.sharkonline.org/rodeocruelty.mv


Horse slaughter video documentation from SHARK: http://www.HorseKillers.com

We have part of Bill Maher's acceptance speech, delivered as he received the Animal Rights 2003 celebrity spokesperson award. He is clear about his opinion of horseracing as a sport. 
http://www.billmaher.com

Amy Rhodes is a PETA specialist on horse racing. According to PETA, "racehorses are victims of a multibillion-dollar industry rife with drug abuse, injuries, race fixing, and for many horses, their career ends in a slaughterhouse."
http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=65

 

American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act H.R.857
http://www.saplonline.org/Legislation/ahpa.htm
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.857:
http://www.horse-protection.org/

 

Paris market featuring horsemeat