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Twenty-one polo horses collapse and die in Florida
reuters ^
| Mon Apr 20, 2009
Posted on 04/20/2009 9:50:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono
MIAMI - Twenty-one horses from a Venezuelan team competing at the U.S. Open Polo Championship died after collapsing before a match in Florida, officials said on Monday. The International Polo Club of Palm Beach said the Lechuza Caracas team was preparing its horses for an afternoon match when two collapsed and others began "exhibiting dizziness and disorientation." "From the reports I've received, they came out of their trailers and they were dizzy ... and began toppling over," said Terence McElroy, spokesman for the Florida Department of Agriculture. "It's my understanding that all of these horses have died, 21 in total."
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Pets/Animals; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: horses; polo; tm; venezuela; workingdogs
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To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:50:56 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(University of North Carolina - 2009 NCAA basketball champs)
To: Perdogg
I just read a report in our local paper and they were speculating about a toxin in the feed.
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:51:48 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: JoeProBono
Carrying drugs in their internal orifices?
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:52:00 AM PDT
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm not really Leo Farnsworth...)
To: Perdogg
To: JoeProBono
man that was the whole “stringofpoloponies”
To: JoeProBono
blister beetles in their alfalfa?
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:52:30 AM PDT
by
rahbert
To: US Navy Vet
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:52:51 AM PDT
by
Landru
(Arghh, Liberals are trapped in my colon like spackle or paste.)
To: Perdogg
Happened too quickly for a virus. Just as the article speculates: water, bedding, feed, medicine, etc.
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:53:16 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Perdogg
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:53:43 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: pennboricua
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:53:47 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: Perdogg
Vets are suggesting a toxin in the feed or “supplements” that the horses are given.
Makes me wonder about steroids or other “performance enhancing” substances.
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:53:48 AM PDT
by
earlJam
To: JoeProBono
Just something else to apologize for, I guess...
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:55:24 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:56:27 AM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: JoeProBono
Hugo killing his teams horses to have one more thing to blame America for.
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:57:11 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Landru
Don't be surprised if they were poisoned by vegan-PETA types who would rather see the horses dead than used in sport.
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posted on
04/20/2009 9:57:24 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(If Obama isn't the Anti-Christ, then tell me what the Anti-Christ would do differently.)
To: Never on my watch
"Don't be surprised if they were poisoned by vegan-PETA types who would rather see the horses dead than used in sport." Good point.
Not unlike the report on the stray dogs PETA "cares for", eh?
An autopsy will reveal this mystery ain't so mysterious, after all.
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posted on
04/20/2009 10:01:32 AM PDT
by
Landru
(Arghh, Liberals are trapped in my colon like spackle or paste.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
04/20/2009 10:02:47 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Proudly ignoring Zero's political stylings since 1-20-09!)
To: JoeProBono
Dick Chaney is behind this...I know it!
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