I think they should do this on American Idol

What with all the furor over horse racing created by Eight Belles going from a four-legged animal to a six-legged animal at this year’s Kentucky Derby, this story of horses being killed when they lose in Puerto Rico is going to give the folks at PETA a few more rounds of ammunition.

More than 400 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by lethal injection at a clinic tucked behind the Hipodromo Camarero racetrack, chief veterinarian Jose Garcia told The Associated Press after checking clinic log books going back seven years.

Chief veterinarian? What the hell? Don’t vets have some sort of Hippocratic Oath like people docs?

“If it doesn’t produce, after a while I give it away or I kill it,” said Arnoldo Maldonado, 60, a businessman who races about five horses a year. “It bothers me, but it has to be done because there is no money to pay for them … I’m not going to keep losing.”

No wonder George Steinbrenner enjoys horse racing so much.

Well, at least it’s just for economic reasons. What’s that?

…even when a second home is available, veterinarians say that some owners want losing horses executed anyway — some to save money, others to have revenge.

Oh. Uh, never mind. At least it’s not happening in America. What’s that?

AP

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