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Metro, a 10-year-old retired bay thoroughbred horse wields a paintbrush as owner Ron Krajewski looks on at Motter's Station Stables in Rocky Ridge

Retired racehorse finds calling as abstract painter

Reuters, Jeffrey B. Roth, May 3, 2013 (Reuters) – The horse is an American icon. It races gracefully, performs heavy farm tasks, can do tricks and, if television is to be believed, may even talk. But only one is an accomplished painter. Metro Meteor, a 10-year-old thoroughbred bay in rural Maryland, is enjoying singular success. Within Full Article

HBO canceled its racetrack drama "Luck" in the wake of three horse deaths. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had criticized the role of the American Humane Assn. in the production. (Gusman Cesaretti / HBA)

American Humane Assn. board Chairman Eric Bruner resigns

By Richard Verrier – Los Angeles Times – January 9, 2013 Eric Bruner, the controversial chairman of the American Humane Assn., has resigned from the board of the the ...Full Article