Star Horse In Europe Is Euthanized After Classic
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George Washington, considered one of the top horses in Europe, sustained a fractured right front leg during the running of the Breedersâ Cup Classic on Saturday and had to be euthanized.
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Amid pressure from animal rights groups, horse slaughter virtually ended in the United States last year, but there have been unintended consequences.
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Invasor, regarded as the world's best racehorse, was retired to stud on Saturday after breaking a small bone in his hind leg.
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British police and animal welfare authorities rescued 84 neglected horses Wednesday from a farm where they had found 31 dead horses, ponies and donkeys, officials said.
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The Australian super-maxi Skandia, one of the favourites for line honours in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, has retired with keel damage.
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Gemina, a giraffe with a distinctive crooked neck and one of the most beloved animals at the Santa Barbara Zoo, has died. She was 21. The zoo euthanized the animal on Wednesday, it was announced Thursday.
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US symbol removed from list of threatened species.
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Nine years ago, I had a thoroughbred mare who came down with colic in the night, and was too far gone to save by the time she was found at 6 a.m. After she was euthanized, I remember staring at her body, which was stretched out in the grass, running my hands over her. Her coat was shining. Her haunch was rounded and firm. Her feet and legs were perfect. Only that one thing had been wrong, that twist in her gut, but it was enough, and it killed her. So it is with all horses....
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The death has prompted officials to change the habitats of some zoo animals.
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The Humane Society of the United States, the leading US animal welfare organization, is to honor a New York boy who died last year after going back into his blazing home to rescue his pets.
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Hotel heiress Paris Hilton&#39;s search for her beloved Chihuahua Tinkerbell is over, after the pooch was found alive.
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NEW YORK -- The racing industry reacted quickly to the death of Barbaro with the creation of the Barbaro Memorial Fund on Thursday, an initiative to raise money for research into laminitis and other equine health and safety issues.
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After the cancellation of a walking-horse championship, concerns are  being raised about how those high-stepping horses are treated
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Former Grand National-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald announced that he will retire at the end of the season.
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Singapore Zoo's most famous icon, an orangutan who once hobnobbed with Britain's Prince Philip, popstar Michael Jackson and actress Elizabeth Taylor, has died, zoo staff said Saturday.
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"I named the horse 'Reinless Spirit' to honour Gaudi's flight of genius."  AN image of a horse created with more than half a million toothpicks in homage to Antoni Gaudi has earned Albanian artist Saimir Strati a second entry in the Guinness Records. via News.com.au
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The $4 million Classic, the feature event on Saturday's Breeders' Cup card at Lone Star Park, just got tougher. Already loaded with talent, the Classic picked up another star attraction when owner Michael Paulson and trainer D. Wayne Lukas entered Azeri, the 2002 Horse of the Year, against powerful males in the Classic instead of fellow ...