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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A third racehorse is dead at the Big Fresno Fair successful little than a month.
This is the 2nd equine to endure from a race-related wounded that has to beryllium euthanized.
Fresno City Councilmember Tyler Maxwell took to societal media this play asking the just to halt racing until the contented is decently addressed.
However, the just continued with its 2 last races connected Monday.
"Unfortunately, it's not antithetic that successful the satellite of equine racing, a equine volition sometimes walk distant due to the fact that of unwellness oregon an injury," said Maxwell.
The fig six horse, Acclider, who was successful contention 7 connected Friday, pulled up with an wounded connected his last crook and was taken disconnected the track.
"What is antithetic is that you would person 3 horses beryllium enactment down successful the substance of astir 3 and a fractional weeks," said Maxwell.
Larry Swartzlander, enforcement manager of the California Authority of Racing Fairs and Racing Director astatine the Big Fresno Fair, sent a connection successful which helium said "This is only the 2nd racing-related injury that resulted successful a equine decease connected the Fresno way successful 12 years. This unfortunate, uncommon mishap occurred contempt extended veterinary oversight and examinations of the horses, arsenic good arsenic a thorough attraction and inspection of the racetrack."
"What is going incorrect retired determination and however bash we close that?" Maxwell said.
According to Swartzlander's statement, each California equine racing installation indispensable beryllium state-licensed and monitored by the California Horse Racing Board.
Horse racing is simply a main attraction and a important gross watercourse for the Big Fresno Fair.
"We travel each year, it's been galore years, I don't adjacent cognize however galore years, but we emotion the animals, we emotion horses," said equine racegoer Juanita Aguirre.
Animal rights group, PETA, suspects the horses are overworked and injuries are being overlooked.
"Some of these horses person tally much than erstwhile successful the past 14 days. There's a equine who is racing contiguous who was tally successful the just conscionable 8 days ago," said Kathy Guillermo, PETA elder vice president. "This is not communal and it's not bully due to the fact that these horses request the betterment time. So that those stressed bones don't pb to a breakdown."
The horse's decease is nether investigation.
We reached retired to the just regarding the benignant of wounded Acclider sustained, but they did not respond.
