When: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 16
Where: BTC Auditorium
After the Finish Line: Saving America’s Horses
This evening, please join Steve Caporizzo of WTEN, the New York State Humane Association and the HVCC Animal Outreach Club for a seminar on the fate of America’s horses.
Discussion will be centered on horse racing and slaughter, a practice once legal in the United States; one which continues to be debated as a legal option in the United States, and is legal in Canada and Mexico.
Currently, the U.S. exports live horses to Canada and Mexico, where slaughter and human consumption are legal. America’s horses are then transported to Europe and Japan for human consumption. Horses from all backgrounds are subject to this end. Ferdinand, the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner, was sold to Japan’s JS Company in the fall of 1994. Reporter Barbara Bayer, author of The Blood Horse who attempted to learn of Ferdinand’s whereabouts, wrote, “No one can say for sure when and where Ferdinand met his end, but it would seem clear he met it in a slaughterhouse. Ferdinand’s fate is not the exception. It is the rule.”
The speaker line up is extraordinary: Dr. Lester Castro Friedlander formerly veterinarian with the USDA and NYS Racing & Wagering, Susan Kayne, former race enthusiast and thoroughbred expert, Sharon Boeckle, filmmaker from NYC, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition, along with Steve Caporizzo, and the New York State Humane Association (NYSHA). Author J.R. Anderson’s telling book, The Fancy Hat Veneer, on the realities of horse slaughter will be available, and Ms. Anderson will also be speaking.
Area horse rescues will be present and we have invited and welcome pro-horse racing and pro-slaughter individuals to attend. The goal is to be factual, educational, and eye opening. The connection between horse racing, drugging and slaughter will be made. Finally, Dr. Holly Cheever from NYSHA will make remarks on what we as citizens can do about this fairly unknown issue of our time.
There will be opportunity for audience participation.
After this semester, I will be stepping down as Animal Outreach Co-Adviser. I would be honored if you would attend this last seminar that captures one of the most critical issues of our times: the mass slaughter of the animals that helped build America: horses.
There have been many wonderful years, but a new chapter outside of the college beckons in terms of animal protection and advocacy. If you need advice or assistance with regard to animal issues of any kind, you can continue to find me in one of the best places to work on campus: The Dwight Marvin Library.
Valerie Lang Waldin, J.D., M.L.S.
Faculty Librarian/Assistant Professor
Published: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:50:59 +0000 by v.waldin