Animal Person

APRIL 20, 2009

In " Hungary's Spirits Are Back Up, on a Horse ," the New York Times' Nicholas Kulish reports that a thoroughbred known as Overdose, who is owned by Hungarian Zoltan Mikoczy, has become "the Hungarian Seabiscuit. million for the horse, but has refused to sell. “I Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

APRIL 5, 2009

From Elizabeth Forel, of the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages. Tell the governor's office that (live) horses are a symbol of the American West and Montana should not want to be known as the horse slaughter capitol of the country. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. PLEASE TAKE ACTION.

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Animal Person

APRIL 4, 2009

Stephanie wrote about horses dying across the pond yesterday. They were among more than 20 horses from Paragallo’s Center Brook Farm in Climax, N.Y., In fact, Paragallo said, he had intended to ship another batch of horses to the man. And what do they think happens to the horses who aren't ever good enough to compete?

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Let's deconstruct: The facts of the case: "Emaciated horses eating bark off trees. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. Horses subsisting on feces, walking among carcasses.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I've always thought of horse-drawn carriages the way I think about greyhound racing or fur: Most people are against them, so why are they still around? The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting. Intro 658A will be reintroduced next year.

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Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2009

The New York Times presents us, this morning, with "Equine Alternative" regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more like 2500 BC). The Botai did not just herd horses for meat.

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Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

Also, that's how you get the cat-and-dog-and-horse (and maybe dolphin) people to cross over into a world where cuteness isn't the primary concern. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is easy to find, and from a variety of sources. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts.

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