Guest guest Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Frequently Asked Questions Mission Statement Board of Directors Events Calendar Hours and Directions Contact PAWS Email Network Streaming Video Gallery Jobs History of PAWS Not the right PAWS? PAWS in the News PAWS Magazine What's new? About the Wildlife Center About Rehabilitation Injured/Orphaned Wildlife Habitat Conservation Program Resources & Fact Sheets WA Wildlife Rehabilitators Current Projects Internships/Externships Volunteer About Community Outreach History & Victories Current Projects Get Involved Just for Kids Humane Education Animal-Friendly Lifestyle Resources & Fact Sheets Internships Volunteer User's Manual Forum Contact the author About Stop the Omak Suicide Race. Save the horses! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/906165664 Omak Suicide RaceIt's "The Deadliest Horse Race in the World" and it's right here in Washington"The most barbaric, inhumane spectacle of the twentieth century... an affront to all cowboys, equestrians and humanitarians." - Dr. Michael Fox, former V.P., Humane Society of the United States.Omak is a small town in Eastern Washington State. Every year the local rodeo, called the Omak Stampede, boasts of its main attraction "The World-Famous Omak Suicide Race." The race regularly and routinely kills horses.Over a span of four days and nights, riders repeatedly send horses off "Suicide Hill" with a 120-foot full-galloping start. Horses plunge blindly more than 210 feet downhill, at a slope organizers have boasted is an "almost vertical…62 degree angle." At breakneck speed horses then meet, with concrete force, the rocky Okanogan River. After a panicked swim of more than a football field in length, the horses face a final, grueling uphill sprint. These horses, many 'on-loan' for the event, have suffered heart attacks from over exertion, broken bones from collisions and shocking tumbles, and even horrifying death by drowning.For the past 21 years, PAWS has been monitoring the race and working to raise awareness and evoke action to end it. In that time, 20 deaths have been documented; in 2004, three horses were killed in the first heat alone. When will they stop calling it a Suicide Race and start calling it murder?What You Can Do in 2005Join the PAWS Suicide ErasersThe Suicide Race in action (Warning: Graphic and Disturbing Video)Twenty Years of Suicide ErasersPress Archive: 1992 - currentA List of Horses Killed Since 1983The History of the Omak Suicide RacePrint the Omak Suicide Erasers BrochureFrequently Asked Questions About the Suicide RaceContact Info for Suicide Race Corporate Sponsors and Sample LetterContact Info for Washington State Officials and Sample Letter Donate to PAWSJust for KidsAdopt A PetInjured/Orphaned WildlifeReport Animal CrueltyEmail NewslettersVolunteerReceive PAWS Magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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