{"id":757514,"date":"2019-06-20T08:43:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=757514"},"modified":"2019-06-20T08:43:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:43:20","slug":"its-not-a-sport-animal-rights-advocates-march-for-the-abolishment-of-horse-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=757514","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s not a sport&#8217;: Animal rights advocates march for the abolishment of horse racing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Animal rights activists have demanded for months that Santa Anita and every other horse racing track in the country close their gates.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ALANIS THAMES:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;A \u201cYour Bet Funds Death\u201d sign was the image Santa Anita Park bettors saw as they drove into the race track&#8230; Demonstrators arrived at 11 a.m. when the gates opened. Some carried posters splattered with phrases like \u201cHorses Die Here\u201d and \u201cDeath Track\u201d to their usual weekly spot at the park\u2019s entrance to protest what happens inside. The 29 horse deaths at Santa Anita Park since December have drawn national news&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cHorses die due to horse racing,\u201d said Zafir Molina, an animal rights advocate. \u201cIt\u2019s not like it\u2019s something new. It\u2019s something that\u2019s been happening for years, just no one knew about it.\u201d That\u2019s why she, the 31 other protesters outside the park Saturday, and other animal rights activists have demanded for months that Santa Anita and every other horse racing track in the country close their gates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>They have met with the California Horse Racing Board as well as Frank Stronach, founder of the Stronach Group, to advocate for the abolishment of the horse racing industry. \u201cThis is going on at every track across the country,\u201d said Kiersten Cluster, co-founder of the Elephant Guardians of Los Angeles, a group that advocates for elephants held at the Los Angeles Zoo. \u201cThis is business as usual&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/its-not-a-sport-animal-rights-advocates-march-for-the-abolishment-of-horse-racing-230826145.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4sDjeJui_1o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALANIS THAMES: &#8216;A \u201cYour Bet Funds Death\u201d sign was the image Santa Anita Park bettors saw as they drove into the race track&#8230; Demonstrators arrived at 11 a.m. when the gates opened. 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