Welfare group urges Rachel Alexandra’s breeding retirement
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Animal welfare grouping PETA has written to the possessor of Rachel Alexandra, urging her to retire the mare from breeding.
The 2009 Horse of the Year is recovering afterwards an performance next injuries that she sustained acre having her minute foal.
PETA sent a missive of the alphabet to Barbara Banke, Rachel Alexandra’s owner, quest her to reckon retiring her from life every bit a broodmare. The grouping noted inwards the missive of the alphabet that Rachel Alexandra had a history of birthing complications: “She was hospitalized for hurting next the nascence of Jess’s Dream, her get foal, in addition to had to convey large parts of her intestines removed merely final month. Such complications tin live on life-threatening, in addition to many prize-winning horses — including Lady’s Secret, Meadow Star, Typhoon Tracy, in addition to Urban Sea — convey died afterwards giving birth”, the missive of the alphabet said.
“Surely, afterwards earning to a greater extent than than $3 1000000 for Stonestreet Farm, Rachel Alexandra deserves to alive a long, peaceful life gratuitous of the peril of to a greater extent than frightening injuries,” says PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo.
“PETA hopes that Stonestreet Farm volition concur that Rachel Alexandra’s well-being is to a greater extent than of import than her value every bit a broodmare.”
PETA every bit good noted that Rachel Alexandra’s mother, Lotta Kim, every bit good has a history of foaling complications: She had i foal who was born prematurely in addition to died, or thus other died at merely two years of historic menstruum because of wobbler syndrome, in addition to she rejected Rachel Alexandra, who thus had to live on raised past times a nurse mare.
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