Animal activist groups say 28 racing horses have died this year in California. Eight of those have been at Golden Gate Fields.
The California Horse Racing Board says the state has some of the most stringent and effective regulations in the country.In a statement sent to ABC7 News, they said in part:
"...The California horse-racing industry has implemented more than 50 safety measures to protect horses and riders. These efforts have led to a 55% reduction in equine fatalities since 2019."But that doesn't go far enough for Samantha Faye. Faye is a Bay Area horse advocate who thinks even one death is too many.
"When you say that deaths are decreasing, that the rate of deaths are decreasing and yet public outrage is increasing with the deaths, then you are most certainly on the wrong side of history," she said.They hope continued public pressure will ultimately help them achieve their goal. "Public scrutiny and negative attention can create change and we have a lot of that in California as well," King said.
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