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VINYL-CLAD 'DOMINATRICES' PROTEST AGAINST RACEHORSE ABUSE

Some People Like Whips, Horses Don't, Says PETA

 

For Immediate Release:

31 July 2009

 

Melbourne -- Provocatively whipping each other and holding signs reading, "Some People Like Whips, Horses Don't", PETA's sultry vinyl-clad "dominatrices" will protest against the abuse of horses in the racing industry outside the Australian Racing Museum at Federation Square. The protest is timed to coincide with the introduction of new horse-whipping rules, slated to go into effect 1 August, which allow the use of "padded" whips and permit jockeys to whip horses five times before the final stretch, after which horses can be whipped an additional three times:

 

Date:  Saturday, 1 August

Time:  11:30 am sharp

Place:  In front of the Australian Racing Museum, Federation Square, corner of Swanston and Flinders streets, Melbourne

 

Why does horseracing have PETA's lovely dominatrices whipped into a frenzy? During races, horses are painfully whipped as they run frantically in front of hundreds of screaming "punters". Because horses begin training and racing when their skeletal systems are still developing, many sustain serious muscle and joint injuries, fractures, internal bleeding, musculoskeletal trauma and ruptured ligaments. Whipping horses can force them to run faster and exacerbate existing injuries, leading to catastrophic breakdowns.

 

By age 3 -- when they are still physically immature -- most horses have seen their last race. When horses become injured or suffer from chronic diseases, many are sent to slaughter. An undercover investigation at a slaughterhouse in Melbourne revealed that weak, emaciated horses were shot in the head with a rifle -- often in full view of other horses.

 

"It's one thing for consenting adults to use whips in the privacy of their own homes", says "dominatrix" Anita Frank. "But beating horses into running faster is nothing short of animal abuse."

 

For more information, please visit PETAAsiaPacific.com.

 

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