Bob Weihe, an 89-year-old Kentucky Derby fan in hospice, had a wish to attend the race one more time.
It would be his 80th Kentucky Derby in a row and a historic one.
For more than a decade, The Jockey Club has actively supported passage of the SAFE Act, having met with representatives, engaged lobbyists, and joined with national animal welfare groups to lobby Congress to both ban slaughter in the U.S. and make it a crime to transport America’s horses out of the country for slaughter: https://t.co/SS7sZ9qq4p
Congress Still Hasn’t Protected American Horses https://t.co/OFztG06YJa
@PatCummingsNTA Fantastic! Well done.
Question for you. What can be done about tracks discouraging former connections from claiming horses back to retire them? The former owners and trainers who want to do that for horses should be permitted to do so without concerns about blowback.
💥 Breakthrough on slaughter ban prospects at 1a this morning as @repdinatitus & @Congressman_JVD work amendment to stop transport of horses to slaughter ~ as well as ban double deck trailers ~ into giant 'Build America 250 Act'... Chris Heyde visits ATR around 9:30a w/ details.
So grateful for Mike's help and resources to get us to this point.
Two huge thanks in the House battle to @westlakeracing & @randyboyd. 🙏
Key industry reps responded fast when we needed support for the amendment. Thanks!
Still a long road ahead!
https://t.co/GpZqREI0Tx
“We are asking you to recognize that the horse farmers, owners, trainers and breeders supporting an end to horse slaughter shipments to Mexico and Canada are not your opponents, but rather your peers,” writes @PatCummingsNTA.
https://t.co/DZNqg1FjfZ
THIS!!! Used and dumped. We need to do so much better for the horses we rely upon. Many of us have been trying for decades to try to ensure every single Thoroughbred has a safe place to live out their lives. Every horse, no matter the breed, deserves that.
"Every time a Thoroughbred ends up in a kill pen, the industry loses credibility. It doesn’t matter whether the horse was owned by a breeder, trainer, partnership, racing stable, or private individual."
Read more: https://t.co/kjaseD0W1q
I wish @CNN would have the guts to make a documentary about the Jan 6 people Donald Trump pardoned and the crimes they committed or planned AFTER being pardoned. It is a shocking list for anyone who researches this.
Troubling reports are coming out of Milton, Florida. Residents say animals and wildlife have died following helicopter spraying along power lines, reportedly involving a chemical believed to be an herbicide. These claims should be investigated immediately. @WiltonSimpson@FDACS
🚨INSANE: Trump has reauthorized M-44 CYANIDE BOMBS across 245 MILLION acres of public land to kill coyotes and protect livestock.
The problem?
The bombs kill ANYTHING that triggers them, INCLUDING LIVESTOCK. Animals suffer slow, horrific deaths. This is pure cruelty.
MAGA: “If you’re here legally, you have nothing to worry about.”
Also MAGA: “Just comply and show your ID.”
The reality:
A U.S. citizen. Born in Colorado. Mother of four. Stopped in Lafayette, Louisiana. Shackled. Detained in an ICE facility anyway.
She showed agents her state-issued ID and Social Security card. ICE reportedly called them “fake,” handcuffed her, chained her ankles, interrogated her, and transported her to a detention center. She was released hours later only after legal intervention.
The lesson is not “show your papers.”
The lesson is that papers don’t protect you when power decides not to read them.
This is not “law and order.”
This is state abuse.
Fight Trump. Fight ICE: https://t.co/VXiWmshWgj