Horse's big shot pays off
NEW YORK - Drosselmeyer finally got a shot in a Triple Crown race and it paid off with an upset in the $1 million Belmont Stakes.
Undercover Investigation Inside Quebec Slaughterhouse Reveals Serious Food Safety and Horse Welfare Concerns
ORANGEVILLE, ON, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Today, footage and photos captured
by an anonymous source at Les Viandes de la Petite-Nation Inc. in St.
Andre-Avellin, Quebec, are being released by the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC): .
The evidence provided to the CHDC reveals troubling discrepancies and
missing data on Equine Information Documents (EIDs), forms that are
required by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to track the
drug history of horses sold for slaughter. All documents examined had
some form of omission, ranging from incomplete owners' or agents'
information, to the disturbing mis-identification of horses as per
their accompanying photographs. Re ...
Thank you notes
RECORDING EFFORT: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, Georgia Unit, would like to thank the community for its support of Record-a-Thon 2009. Almost 250 volunteers contributed 385 hours to record educational materials that will be used by print-disabled students in Georgia and the United States. Special thanks go to the dozens of local businesses who donated sponsorships, door prizes and refreshments. Lions Clubs throughout Georgia (including the Athens Lions Club and the Classic City Lions Club) donated more than $14,000. Our guest readers included Heidi Davison, Vince and Barbara Dooley, Doc Eldridge, Louise McBee, Loran Smith, a contingent of Delta Gamma sorority members, Hairy Dawg and our Honorary Chairperson Gail Langer Karwoski. Thank ...