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Veterinarian-jockey breaks the mold on and off the racetrack

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Ferrin Peterson has always wanted to ride the winning horse at the Kentucky Derby, and she has never been closer than now to achieving her dream. When she’s not racing, she’s busy making house calls or scrubbing in for surgery, working as an associate at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Sign ALDF Petition to Help Kentucky's Homeless Animals

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Sounds like it's hell for these animals in Kentucky shelters. Tags: animal shelter management animal shelters Kentucky strays. The State used to provide oversight, but in 2004, they abrogated responsibility to the counties. According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, things are not going well. Please sign the petition to help them.

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Whooping Cranes Shot and Killed in Kentucky

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Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the death of two Whooping Cranes in Hopkins County, Kentucky. It’s deja vu all over again , sadly. The mated pair was passing through the area last fall as part of Operation Migration , an effort to restore a migrating population of the birds to the eastern United States.

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Kentucky: First in Crane Hunting?

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This time, it’s the full commission– nine members of the Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky. What’s the necessity of hunting cranes? Hunting should never be about that.”

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Take That, Kentucky!

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Maybe Kentucky shouldn’t have allowed the Sandhill Crane hunt ? An avian visitor to the state senate let its displeasure be known. Via Lowering the Bar.

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Kentucky Man Guilty of Selling Red-tailed Hawks

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Danny Gayheart of Noctor, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to selling three Red-tailed Hawks to an undercover agent for $50 each. He will have to pay over $1,600 to fund the birds’ rehabilitation and will be sentenced – to up to two years in prison – in February.

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Why You Shouldn’t Watch the Kentucky Derby

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The much-hyped Kentucky Derby will be taking place this Saturday, May 1st. Kentucky Derby contender Eight Belles, moments before her tragic death. Filed under: Animal Cruelty , Animal Rights , Animal Welfare Tagged: horse racing , horse slaughter , horses , In Defense of Animals , Kentucky Derby.