{"id":763134,"date":"2021-03-05T08:09:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=763134"},"modified":"2021-03-05T08:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:23:25","slug":"animal-rights-protesters-chain-themselves-together-on-san-francisco-racetrack-against-horse-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=763134","title":{"rendered":"DEADLY (HUMAN) RACE: Animal rights protesters chain themselves together on San Francisco racetrack"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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In 2020, more than 20 horses died on the Golden Gate Fields, causing Berkeley city council and mayor to request a special investigation. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

RICK HURD:<\/strong> Four people chained themselves together and lay down on the racetrack at Golden Gate Fields on Thursday, demanding that the track be shut down over recent horse deaths and forcing the day\u2019s races to be canceled… Seventeen people from a Berkeley-based group called \u201cDirect Action Everywhere (DxE)\u201d held blue-and-gold placards as they gathered near the entrance to the racetrack at Interstate 80 and Gilman Street. Four others found their way onto the track and lay down in what a press release from the activists described as \u201cheavily-weighted PVC pipes\u201d.<\/p>\n

The protest started around noon. The banner and placards outside the track read, \u201cShut Down Golden Gate Fields,\u201d and the protesters chanted, \u201cIt\u2019s not entertainment,\u201d and \u201cThere\u2019s no excuse for animal abuse.\u201d The four who went onto the track were identified by 33-year-old Almira Tanner, the group\u2019s lead organizer, as Jamie Cron, Omar Aicardi, Rocky Chau and Rachel Ziegler. As of 3:30 p.m., the four chained protesters were still on the track along with police, who arrived shortly after the protest began… Tanner said the four people on the track were prepared to be arrested, but as of 4 p.m., authorities had not announced any arrests with the protesters still on the track…<\/p>\n

In 2020, more than 20 horses died on the track, causing Berkeley city council and Mayor Jesse Arregu\u00edn to request a special investigation on behalf of Berkeley residents. The California Horse Racing Board\u2019s website listed four of the deaths as training related, with the fifth labeled as \u201cother\u201d. That meant the horse\u2019s death did not occur during racing or training… \u201cThese beautiful animals live lives of exploitation and abuse for the sake of profit,\u201d Chau said in a statement released by the group. \u201cThen they\u2019re killed for the same reason. The public is increasingly aware of the reality of this barbaric industry and is demanding that we leave it in the past.\u201d The protest caused Golden Gate Fields to cancel all the day\u2019s races…<\/p>\n

A Berkeley police cruiser and a paramedic truck from the Berkeley Fire Department were stationed a block away from the protests, and Golden Gate Fields placed three security officers at the entrance where the 17 protesters stood and chanted… During the protests, a track worker pulled over his car and threw two eggs at the larger group of protesters gathered outside the facility. He then charged the group, yelling about workers\u2019 livelihoods. Track security grabbed him and escorted him back to his car. Other people screamed obscenities at the protesters. SOURCE…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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