Monthly Archives: August 2011

Northern Dancer gravesite update

Northern Dancer at peace in the clean, green grass of home Published On Tue Aug 30 2011 Carola Vyhnak Urban Affairs Reporter   Northern Dancer is once again resting beneath a well-tended lawn at the farm where he was born. … Continue reading

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A horse tale as sweet as molasses

Carola Vyhnak The Toronto Star Urban Affairs Reporter  This story starts with a happy ending.  Sierra was saved from the slaughterhouse. Terasa Hill slew the Dragons and survived breast cancer, and Barnies, the homemade horse treat that brought them together, … Continue reading

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Rescued horses become rescuers

By Erin Tracy etracy@modbee.com OAKDALE — When equestrian reserve officer Joe Cruz became ill while working at the farmers market Thursday evening, horses Lobo and Moe knew exactly what to do. About 6:45 p.m., Cruz was near E Street and … Continue reading

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Sad news out of Chicago about Mikey C, a police horse

(As a side note, once again the media says “IT” instead of he.) ‘He was like my family,’ cop says of fallen police horse By Erin Meyer Tribune reporter 4:58 p.m. CDT, August 30, 2011 The horse reared and struggled as … Continue reading

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Saving America’s Horses launches in Canada

 For Immediate Release Wild for Life Foundation (Los Angeles, CA, August 26, 2011) “Saving America’s Horses” to launch in Canada! Wild for Life Foundation is proud to announce the launching of the acclaimed film, “Saving America’s Horses – A Nation … Continue reading

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Texas Horseflesh Merchant Arrested in Presidio, Texas Slaughtergate, Sheriff Puts Lid on Information

August 24, 2011 By Steven Long, Photos Courtesy Ray Field, Wild Horse Foundation,  Houston   (Horseback) – A buyer and purveyor of slaughter bound horses has been arrested in Presidio County, Texas on unknown charges. The lid is on at the … Continue reading

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Hero racehorse rests among the weeds

Carola Vyhnak Urban Affairs Reporter  Knee-high weeds wave in the wind above the white pebbles marking the grave ofCanada’s most famous racehorse. Windfields Farm, where Northern Dancer was born and buried, is a ghost town. Closed more than 18 months … Continue reading

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Unbelievably insensitive trainer says of horse “He might be on my dinner plate by December”

In the print edition of the Toronto Star today there is an article on a veterinarian at Woodbine Racetrack. In the article, which has yet to appear online, a trainer at Woodbine, Carrie Russiani, says in the article of her horse, … Continue reading

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In Memory of Deputy Broad

A video tribute to Deputy Broad and all of the other horses who have died at slaughter and those who will die there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7tTUdP19sA&feature=share  

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Almost Deputy Broad

Thrown-away thoroughbreds on the brink of survival  Maureen Harmonay , Equine Advocacy Examiner August 17, 2011 – Another Thoroughbred thrown away but this one gets a chance….  Dance Madam might not make it. The circumstances are dire for the emaciated, dehydrated, … Continue reading

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