Horses Hit, Whipped, and Worked to Death: Help Them!

Take action for horses!

Do you love horses? 🐎 Then this page is for you! Thousands of horses are suffering rn, and YOU can help save them.

how horses suffer for races

Horses used for racing are forced to sprint so fast that they get gruesome injuries all the time. Every week, on average, 24 horses break down and die at racetracks across the country. 😰

Most horses used for racing are pumped full of drugs to push them through their painful injuries. They’re also hit, whipped, and have even been electrically shocked to keep them racing. Once they no longer make humans enough $$$, tho, many are slaughtered.

how horses suffer for events and competitions

Racetracks aren’t the only deadly places for horses—anywhere that hosts horse-related events or competitions can turn into a bloodbath. A horse named Jet Set hurt his leg so badly during an equestrian event at the 2020 Olympic Games that he had to be euthanized. And more than 75 animals have been killed during Canada’s annual Calgary Stampede rodeo festival alone, some after fracturing their legs, breaking their backs, or having heart attacks.

how horses suffer for horse-drawn carriages

Making horses pull carriages is cruel. They’re forced to work in all weather extremes, dodge traffic, and haul heavy loads on the hard pavement. In 2022, one of these horses, named Ryder, collapsed in the middle of a packed NYC street and later died, and in 2025, another horse named Lady met the same fate. 💔 Horses and humans have been seriously hurt—and even killed—when the horses get startled and run out of control, or when cars crash into the carriages.

This kind of B.S. happens all over the world. PETA Asia investigations into Egypt’s top tourist sites have found exhausted horses being forced to carry tourists in scorching temps. The rotting bodies of dead horses have been found dumped in the trash, and one time, PETA Asia investigators found a horse who was barely alive and had been left to die in agony.

how to help

Horses used in these industries aren’t protected under the federal Animal Welfare Act, so it’s all on us to speak up for them. 💪 Here are some of the most impactful actions you can take for horses—as soon as you take one, another will pop up. Just enter your info once and keep hitting “Submit” until you’re done. Horses are lucky to have you in their herd!

 

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over 70 horses dead—help end the calgary stampede’s chuckwagon races

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I was appalled to learn that the Calgary Stampede is still forcing horses to run in chuckwagon races, despite the deaths of more than 70 animals so far, including six who died in 2019 alone—three in an incident so gruesome that a tarp was used to shield the scene from public view. During these reckless races, teams of horses are forced to pull wagons around a track at breakneck speeds. Throughout the ordeal, they can be seen foaming at the mouth with their eyes rolling back in their heads. Many have sustained broken legs or backs or experienced heart attacks. Rules were tightened after six horses died at the Stampede in 2010, then again in 2015, and again following the carnage of the 2019 race. Yet the death toll continues to rise. Stampede organizers, who profit from this event, can’t be trusted to do what it takes to keep animals safe. The only way to ensure that they aren’t killed in these deadly races is to end them. Animal protection organizations across Canada as well as countless Canadian citizens have called for an end to the chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede. Please prevent more horses from dying by using your authority to direct the Stampede to ban chuckwagon races immediately.

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