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Campaigns Sport of kings? Published in the NY DAILY NEWS
www.nydailynews.com , May 12, 2006: Yonkers: Voicer Virgilio Carballo uses a racehorse, Barbaro, to promote
the assimilation of immigrants in America - but why would he want to make
his case using animal cruelty as an example? Investigation reveals an
industry rife with greed, abuse and scandal. As Bill Finley once wrote in
the Daily News: "The thoroughbred racehorse is a genetic mistake. It runs
too fast, its frame is too large and its legs are far too small. As long as
mankind demands that it run at high speeds under stressful conditions,
horses will die at racetracks." (And don't forget that whip in the jockey's
hand.) Racehorses are overbred. Those that don't make the cut go straight to
auction - a disgusting, heartless place where these beautiful animals are
treated like disposable garbage. The immigrant issue is controversial enough
without aligning it with a "sport" that should be banned. Kiley Blackman Fair Use Notice: This document may contain
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