Vegetarian Star

PETA has a new mobile billboard that will serve to remind visitors to the Kentucky Derby this weekend that horse racing is not always fun and games.

Up to and during the day of the race, this ad will be driven outside the racetrack to highlight the use and abuse of drugs used on race horses, which PETA says has contributed to the death of several horses on the race tracks.

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PETA Kentucky Derby Ad

As expected, no billboard company in Louisville is willing to let animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals place a poster describing how many horses have died since Eight Bells did in 2008 from racing.

Maybe they should start campaigning for next year. It must be a factor of space, obviously.

PETA said that, on average, three horses break down on the race track every day and although the industry has made improvements, like banning steroids from the tracks where the Triple Crown races are run, officials resort to using drugs that mask the animal’s pain so it can still race when it should be in recovery.

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