print email comment close The Horseracing Industry: Drugs, Deception and Death URL: http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=65 Description: Fact sheet describing People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) concerns with the horse racing industry. Topics include how horses "are already racing when their skeletal systems are still growing and are unprepared to handle the pressures of running on a hard track," how "many racehorses become addicted to drugs," and how racehorses may be mistreated upon retirement.  Publisher: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) LII Database Information: Record 26068 created by Maria Brandt on 05/06/2008 Last modification on 05/12/2008 Published: 05/15/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26068