ANIMAL FORUM

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Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 10:31 AM
Subject: Animal Campaign Express E-newsletter No 59

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HELP US TO SAVE THE HORSES OF SIENA
During the last horse race in the famous (infamous) Palio di Siena
(medieval and traditional festival in Tuscany) on 16th of August, one of the
horses died and 4 were injured. The horse named Amoroso, a bay eight years
old, crashed his head on an iron post placed laterally on the course and
consequently broke his neck. The image was terrible: no-one stopped the race
so the other horses were forced to trampled him, the horse kicked his legs
in the last minutes of his life. None of the TV journalists said one word
about the terrible death. The party went on despite the animal suffering. It
was absolutely horrible.
Since the 70s about 50 horses have died.
The Mayor of Siena declared: the horse death it was a casual mix between
human mistakes and animal behaviour......We are together and unite, ready to
defend the Palio di Siena against all the attacks from animal rights
associations. We are convinced that we have done all is it possible in order
to prevent all the incidents and adopt all the safety measures.
We want to stop this shame and we ask you to support us.
We want to boycott Siena and all wonderful Tuscany if they will not stop
this massacre.
It isnt a question of tradition, it