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Racing Campaign Media Coverage CONTENTS
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Newspapers, TV, and radio stations in Israel, as well as the international media, are closely following our campaign to stop the emerging horseracing industry.
Here is a selection of online and print articles. Some are the original articles and some are translations.
MKs demand sports betting firm end horse racing campaign Jerusalem Post, 30 October 2013, by Sharon Udasin
MK Hasson submits bill to ban 'immoral act' of betting on animals Jerusalem Post, 18 July 2013, by Sharon Udasin
A matter of choice: Do we remember the animals on our way to the polling booth? ynet, 1 January 2013, By Michal Volansky-Atias (translated from Hebrew)
Interview with Danny Atar, Head of the Gilboa Regional Council nrg, 16 December 2012 (excerpt translated from Hebrew)
Secret Magazine, 14 October 2012 (in Russian)
The Writing Cries Out on the Wall! Iton Hai, 2 October 2012 (translated from Hebrew)
The End of the Race: 13,000 Horses in Danger of Death nrg, 6 September 2012 (translated from Hebrew)
Kan Naim, 4 September 2012, by Moshe Naim (translated from Hebrew)
Forbes, 10 June 2012. by Yoav Vixelfish (translated from Hebrew)
Knesset panel gives nod to betting on the ponies Ha'aretz, 8 May 2012, by Zvi Zrahiya Radio Interview with Sigal Bukstein, Spokesperson of Hakol Chai Radio 99, Ecolife, 7 May 2012 (translated from Hebrew)
For the first time: Israelis will be able to bet on overseas horse races Calcalist, 7 May 2012, by Tomer Avital (translated from Hebrew)
Gambling abroad? No need for horseraces in Israel nrg, 7 May 2012 (translated from Hebrew)
Horse racing: the race to death is not a sport Walla! 18 April 2012, by Sigal Bukstein, Hakol Chai (translated from Hebrew)
The end of the race: Luck has run out for the horses too Ynet, 19 March 2012, by Sigal Bukstein, Hakol Chai (translated from Hebrew)
Ha'aretz, 1 March 2012, by Zafrir Rinat (translated from Hebrew)
MK Yoel Hasson's Horse Racing Speech at Animal Rights Day at the Knesset Knesset Channel, 28 February 2012
Animal rights groups ask Noked to block horse racing Jerusalem Post, 5 December 2011, by Sharon Udasin
International Animal Rights Organizations to Minister Noked: Don't Allow Horse Racing nrg, 5 December 2011 (translated from Hebrew)
Haaretz, published in Hebrew, 10 November 2011, by Nina Natelson
Jerusalem Post: Novosti (newspaper in Russian), 3 November 2011 Translated from Hebrew
Running Nowhere: The Truth Behind the Glamour of the Horse Racing Industry nrg, 24 October 2011, Nina Natelson (translated from Hebrew)
Appeal to the Minister of Agriculture: Don't Support Horse Racing nrg, 24 October 2011 (translated from Hebrew)
Agriculture Ministry slammed for promoting horse breeding Jerusalem Post, 25 October 2011, by Sharon Udasin
Arutz7, 24 October 2011, by Shimon Cohen (translated from Hebrew)
Hakol Chai's campaign was discussed on several major Israeli radio stations, including interviews with Attorney Tal Sahar, Manager of the organization: Radio Kol Israel, Reshet Bet, 11 December (translated from Hebrew) Interview with PETA, Including Hakol Chai's Campaign, Marking International Animal Rights Day Radio 99, Ecolife, 8 December 2011 (translated from Hebrew) Animal Rights Organizations — American PETA and British Animal Aid — Appeal to the Minster Radio Kol Israel, 5 December 2011 (translated from Hebrew)
Radio 99, Green News, 5 December 2011 (translated from Hebrew) Non-Stop Radio Host, Nathan "Restless" Zahavi, Interviews Tal Sahar Radio 103, 5 December 2011 (translated from Hebrew) Interview with Tal Sahar Following the Finance Committee Meeting Radio 99, Ecolife, 29 November 2011 (translated from Hebrew)
Knesset grants approval to gambling in Israel on horse racing abroad Dangerous Racing: Gamblers Rejoice, Horses Suffer nrg, 4 May 2011, by Yossi Greenstein and Rotem Sela (translated from Hebrew)
Demonstration at the "Hippodrome," April 2008 nrg, 23 April 2008, by Billy Frenkel (translated from Hebrew)
Ynet, 23 April 2008, by Erez Erlichman (translated from Hebrew)
PETNET, 21 April 2008 (translated from Hebrew)
Hakol Chai Activists' Demonstration Nana, 21 April 2008 (translated from Hebrew)
Israel Today, 23 April 2008, by Dan Lavie and Danny Brenner (translated from Hebrew)
Photos from the demonstration — 22 April 2008
Selection of Ongoing Coverage Ma'ariv, 2 April 2008, by Adi Katz (translated from Hebrew)
Ynet, 5 March 2008, by Omer Ginzburg (translated from Hebrew)
Haaretz, 25 September 2007, by Rivi Ronen (translated from Hebrew)
Demos in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Every Two Weeks Hakol Chai Holds Ongoing Protests Ha'ir, 12 June 2007, by Oren Ziv (translated from Hebrew)
Second Race — Second Demonstration; Supreme Court Petition Hakol Chai against the Racecourse The Business Post, 7 May 2007, by Hadar Kanne (translated from Hebrew)
The High Court: Races Must Be Subject to Knesset Legislation The Business Post, 16 April 2007, by Hadar Kanne (translated from Hebrew)
The Knesset Will Decide Whether Gambling on Horseracing Will Be Established Ynet, 12 April 2007, by Erez Erlichman (translated from Hebrew)
The Racecourse Is Coming to the High Court of Justice nrg, 11 April 2007, by Adi Hagin (translated from Hebrew)
"The horses are running to their death" Ynet, 5 April 2007, by Erez Erlichman (translated from Hebrew) "Crime Scene" in the Gilboa From Hakol Chai's e-newsletter, Hakol Chai News, 5 April 2007 (translated from Hebrew)
AVAR Vice-President Holly Cheever, D.V.M., Provides Testimony to Israel's Supreme Court AVAR Directions, Winter 2006, by Nina Natelson
Inaugural Race and Demonstration See photo album: Hakol Chai demonstrates at first race Some of the demonstrators, people who want to stop cruelty, felt passionate enough about the issue to climb the fence and walk onto the track between races, in the hope that their protest signs would be seen by more people.
Ynet, 14 October 2006, by Eyal Ben (translated from Hebrew)
A Race in the Shadow of a Battle nrg, 12 October 2006, by Oren Caspi (translated from Hebrew)
Dozens demonstrate at opening races of new hippodrome Haaretz, 12 October 2006, by Eli Ashkenazi
Israel opens first horse racetrack despite protest, rabbinical condemnation, gambling ban International Herald Tribune, The Associated Press, 12 October 2006
All bets off at first Israel race BBC, 12 October 2006
Activists Protest Opening of Gilboa Horse-Racing Facility Arutz Sheva – Israel National News, 11 October 2006
Demonstrators Crash Horse Race nrg, 11 October 2006, by Dani Brenner (translated from Hebrew)
Thousands Came to the Newly Opened Racecourse; Outside – the Demonstration Ynet 11 October 2006, by Sharon Rofe-Ophir (translated from Hebrew)
Israelis can now head to the races, at least for a day Jerusalem Post, 11 October 2006, by Dave Machlis
Nana, 10 October 2006, by Galia Sivan (translated from Hebrew)
Ruling of Chief Rabbi of Israel Against Racing It Is Forbidden to Hold Horse Races on Sukkoth Haaretz, 6 October 2006, by Eli Ashkenazi (translated from Hebrew)
Rabbi Shlomo Amar has ruled: "It is forbidden to participate in horse races" Ynet, 5 October 2006 (translated from Hebrew)
"Some trust in chariots and some in horses" nrg, 3 October 2006 (translated from Hebrew)
Rabbi Amar in a Ruling Against Horse Racing Arutz Sheva, 3 October 2006, by Shimon Cohen (translated from Hebrew)
Psak Halacha by Rabbi Amar: It Is Forbidden to Hold Horse Races Hazofe, October 2006, by Tuli Fikersh (translated from Hebrew)
Psak Halacha: It Is Forbidden to Hold Horse Races for Gambling Purposes and to Watch Them Zafon 1, October 2006 (translated from Hebrew)
Hakol Chai Files Police Complaint Animal rights group challenges hippodrome launch Haaretz, 30 September 2006, by Eli Ashkenazi
Hakol Chai Files a Complaint Against a Racetrack in the Gilboa Region Ynet, 27 September 2006 (translated from Hebrew)
nrg, 27 September 2006, by Dani Brenner (translated from Hebrew)
Selection of Coverage about Racing from Other Countries Mail Online, 10 April 2011, by Ian Gallagher
AP finds 5K horse deaths since '03 Study finds that 5000 racehorses have died in the U.S. in 5 years, the vast majority at the track The Washington Post, 14 June 2008, by Jeffrey McMurray, AP
Race Illustrates Brutal Side of Sport The New York Times, 4 May 2008, by William C. Rhoden
Is Horse Racing Breeding Itself to Death? The Washington Post, 4 May 2008, by Sally Jenkins
Eight Belles' death renews horse racing questions USA TODAY, 4 May 2008, by Tom Weir & Reid Cherner Losing racehorses in Puerto Rico condemned to die For Thoroughbreds in the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico, being fast enough to win is a matter of life and death. About 450 horses, many in perfect health, are killed each year by lethal injection at a clinic tucked behind Puerto Rico's only racetrack, as a shortage of options often means a death sentence.
Big Brown trainer admits giving horse steroids Agence France-Presse (AFP), 16 May 2008
The Last Winstrol [Steroid] Derby? New York Times, 27 April 2008, by Jim Squires
Violence, fear and coercion: how we treat racehorses The Guardian, 29 November 2007, by Andrew Tyler (Animal Aid) And see Animal Aid's Race Horse Death Watch
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