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Bob Ray Sanders on Lethal Injection

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders' latest is, "A more humane death for a horse?" Eight Belles, the only filly in this year's Kentucky Derby, was running against the odds. She wasn't supposed to win. The fact that this horse was a female meant, in the minds of many, that she wasn't even supposed to place. Despite the gender or anyone's expectation of her performance, Eight Belles defied the odds by running her heart out and coming in second in a dynamic and historic race. As television commentators sang her praises just after the finish, the unimaginable happened: The horse collapsed from two broken front ankles and in minutes would be dead -- euthanized to spare her the unbearable pain. The tragic death of this thoroughbred has prompted a serious debate in this country about the treatment of animals -- in sport, zoos, circuses and any other "unnatural" setting...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).