In the wake of the death of the filly Eight Belles as she galloped out after the May 3 Kentucky Derby, animal rights organizations are publicly calling for changes--some of them drastic--for the horseracing industry.
The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, commonly referred to as PETA, has asked the racing industry to "stop racing horses on hard tracks and switch to softer
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