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After a horse reportedly drowned in the infield pond at MGM Northfield Park on Monday, PETA sent an urgent letter today to Dave Bianconi, the track’s director of racing, calling on him to suspend racing until a fence is built around the infield.

“Northfield Park’s management is incompetent and cruel for letting a horse drown,” says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo. “It’s disgraceful that it hasn’t done something as simple as build a fence—which needs to be done right now, today.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

PETA’s letter to Bianconi follows.

July 12, 2022

Dave Bianconi

Executive Vice President of Racing & Simulcasting

MGM Northfield Park

Dear Mr. Bianconi:

I’m writing on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals U.S.—PETA entities have more than 9 million members and supporters globally—after the recent drowning of a horse following the second race on July 11 to request that you suspend all racing until a fence is built around the infield at MGM Northfield Park.

It’s disgraceful that you haven’t done something as simple as build a fence around the infield to prevent horses from drowning, especially as a horse, Creatine Star, nearly lost his life there last year. At the time of that incident, you were quoted as saying, “We recently removed the vegetation around the pond and dredged it. This work was in preparation for improvements to the drainage and to make the track safer. When construction is complete, we will have a barrier erected as a deterrent.”

But it appears that a proper barrier was never put in place. Now a horse is dead. We urge you to suspend all racing immediately until you have erected a fence or another type of effective barrier. There can be no excuse for failing to take this simple action.

Please, do the right thing to protect horses.

Sincerely,

Kathy Guillermo

Senior Vice President

Equine Matters Department

cc:       Scott Borgemenke, Chair, Ohio State Racing Commission

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New PETA appeals featuring a talking fish are washing up on benches near SUGARFISH restaurants, urging everyone to treat aquatic animals with kindness by opting for totally righteous crispy vegan fish fillets and other fish-free fare.

“Fish aren’t swimming potatoes—they really do talk, using squeaks, squeals, and other low-frequency sounds to communicate with their friends and family members,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “From sea bass to surfers, we’re all individuals who feel pain and fear, and PETA encourages everyone to exercise their empathy by choosing delicious vegan food.”

More fish are killed for food each year than all other animals combined. They slowly suffocate or are crushed to death when they’re yanked out of the oceans in huge nets, and the stomachs of those who survive are cut open on the decks of fishing boats while they’re still alive. Every person who goes vegan saves the lives of nearly 200 aquatic animals and other sentient beings each year.

The ads are at the following locations: 527 W. Seventh St., 1448 Sunset Blvd., 6000 Sunset Blvd, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Ventura Boulevard near the intersection with Eureka Drive, 659 S. Olive St., 612 Flower St., 798 Flower St., 6000 Sunset Blvd., and 6290 Sunset Blvd. Each ad is 0.2 miles or less from a SUGARFISH restaurant or another seafood-selling eatery.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview—offers a list of faux-fish options on its website and a free vegan starter kit. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

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Please see the following statement by PETA Vice President Dr. Alka Chandna regarding Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute’s continued failure to comply with minimum animal welfare regulations:

Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute is apparently incapable of complying with even the most basic federal animal care regulations. According to a just-posted federal inspection report obtained by PETA, 39 beagles were locked inside a kennel where temperatures soared to over 87.6 degrees and averaged 86.5 degrees for six hours. The federal report notes that the unmitigated heat could contribute to “discomfort, lethargy, or stress” in the dogs and cautions that “[d]ogs with medical problems or under study may be especially vulnerable to the effects of hot weather.” Lovelace posted revenues exceeding $76 million last year but can’t maintain a functioning cooling system for dogs imprisoned in its facilities. PETA has filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health, urging it to suspend all funding to Lovelace until the laboratory-for-hire proves that it can abide by animal protection laws and regulations.

Lovelace has a long history of violating animal protection laws and has been cited for 29 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) since June 2014. Just last year, it was fined $6,200 for the deaths of two juvenile monkeys. One died during a procedure in which he was forced to inhale an experimental compound through a mask covering his mouth and nose—but was not properly monitored. The second died, apparently of either starvation or dehydration, after he was placed in a cage with five other monkeys, even though they were incompatible. In 2011, Lovelace was cited by U.S. authorities for six violations of the AWA—including the strangulation death of a monkey who became caught on an experimental jacket and the escape of an infant monkey—and was fined $21,750.

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Documents just obtained by PETA reveal that the transportation company behind the high-profile crash earlier this year of a truck carrying 100 monkeys imported from Mauritius is attempting to flout concerns from officials and proceed with plans that threaten primates and public health. According to the records, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries recently sent a letter urging Jeffrey Quebedeaux, owner of Quebedeaux Transport, to cease plans to build a warehouse in Avoyelles Parish for monkeys slated for use in experiments. If completed, the facility would hold several hundred monkeys, in violation of state laws prohibiting possession of nonhuman primates—and risk the spread of diseases.

So in response, PETA sent a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calling on the agency to block Quebedeaux and his businesses from importing, quarantining, or holding nonhuman primates. The group points out that monkeys can carry pathogens that cause tuberculosis, West Nile virus, malaria, Chagas disease, simian immunodeficiency virus, herpes B, hepatitis, and other diseases that can spread to humans.

“This proposed prison is a misery for monkeys who would be warehoused before being sent to laboratories, and it poses an alarming health threat for humans in the community,” says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo. “PETA is urging the CDC to do all it can to stop Quebedeaux’s cruel and dangerous exploits.”

As PETA notes in its letter, the January 21 crash in Pennsylvania sent dozens of crates holding monkeys flying into the air and three escaped monkeys were shot dead. The long-tailed macaques had arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York that morning and had not yet been quarantined or tested for any pathogens that could endanger humans. Witnesses say that the crates had no labels warning of potential danger or even indicating that they held monkeys. The crash wasn’t the company’s first, either: Quebedeaux Transport is the company involved in a 2020 incident in New Jersey, in which a truck hauling monkeys caught on fire. Quebedeaux’s previous transportation company, Stone Oaks Farms and Transports, was also given an official warning from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violations following the death of a chimpanzee the company was hauling to a laboratory.

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