PETA phone calls for investigation into horse dying at Hollywood Gaming

AUSTINTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – PETA would like an investigation into a horse’s demise at Hollywood Gaming.

Hoboken Hustle was euthanized right after breaking her leg.

PETA statements the mare was compelled to race in snowy, below-freezing weather conditions on Monday, January 24.

The team states an icy racecourse can increase worry on horses’ legs and guide to accidents.

They want racing suspended until temperatures increase to avoid more deaths.

Right here is Hollywood Gaming’s entire statement:

The wellness and basic safety of the equine contributors competing at all PENN racing qualities is of paramount great importance and all Racing Contributors, specially people who are entrusted with the possession and the ongoing care of these animals, will have to take all affordable actions and treatment to make certain that their equine prices are treated with dignity and respect.

Any Racing Participant coated by this Horsemen’s Manual who handles or treats any animal devoid of regard for the perfectly-becoming of the animal or will cause actual physical injuries or soreness or suffering to the animal, such as excessive or avoidable training/whipping, transporting, or neglect in the care, feeding or clinical awareness demonstrated to the animal, as decided in the sole discretion of Racetrack, may perhaps be sanctioned. Apart from as expected by statute or regulation, it is the sole accountability of the trainer to ensure that a licensed and competent veterinarian is offered at all moments to make certain the health and welfare of this sort of trainer’s horses and to show up at to trainer’s horses at all times these horses are on the grounds of Racetrack in any and all emergency circumstances in which a regulatory or Racetrack veterinarian is not demanded to be current or to answer to a trainer’s horse(s).

In the event Racetrack receives credible and verifiable data about a Racing Participant who knowingly, or without having conducting correct due diligence, buys or sells a horse for slaughter, straight or indirectly, these kinds of individual(s) might be sanctioned by the Racetrack up to and which includes revocation of stalls and exclusion from racing at all PENN houses. The Racetrack highly encourages Racing Members to get hold of proper prepared documentation on sale or transfer of any horse that they formerly raced or was stabled on the grounds of Racetrack and absence of these types of documentation shall be regarded a failure in owing diligence endeavours. The Racetrack reserves the appropriate to involve trainer or people today dependable for a horse to deliver these types of documentation as asked for and failure to cooperate may well consequence in sanctions by the Racetrack, up to and which include revocations of stalls and exclusion from racing at all PENN properties.

In the function the Racetrack gets credible and verifiable details concerning a Racing Participant who knowingly, or devoid of conducting good due diligence, ships, assists in the transport of, or knowingly participates in the sale or transfer of a horse that is transported by cargo container/ship, this sort of specific(s) may well be sanctioned by the Racetrack up to and such as revocation of stalls and exclusion from racing at all PENN attributes. The Racetrack reserves the proper to call for trainer, proprietor, or any individuals dependable for a horse to offer documentation proving the transport process staying employed for a horse less than their treatment or possession and failure to cooperate in providing asked for info may end result in sanctions by the Racetrack, up to and which includes revocations of stalls and exclusion from racing at all PENN qualities.