Pet Talk

It's Kentucky Derby day and Laurie posed the question; "Is there a dark side to horse racing"? Citing news stories about a race track in Santa Anita where 23 horses died, and a purported 2000 horses dying this year from racing related injuries. Laurie referred to a website www.horseracingwrongs.com Laurie reflected on her previous naivete about captive marine mammals and suggested reading books by Ric O'Barry. Laurie also shared her meeting a breed she previously didn't know existed, a pudlepointer, a registered hunting breed developed in the 1800's by crossing poodles with pointers. Callers had questions about a nipping barking 6 pound Maltese, and a German Shepherd who chases cars. The last caller wanted to make the point; race horses like to run and are specially bred for the task. Laurie acknowledged this but still asked if humans owe it to animals to keep them safe?