Gymnast Put to Sleep after Breaking Leg in a Career-Ending Accident

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-16 08:42:00 UTC
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My friend Michelle, probably better known to most of you as Change.org's dedicated and intrepid Stop Genocide blogger, sent me a link to the following Onion video this morning, noting that I might appreciate it "in an odd sort of way." Ah, she knows me so well. Smart commentary on the way we treat, think of, and talk about the horses and dogs we force to race, combined with biting sarcasm? Perfect.

Gymnast Shawn Johnson Put To Sleep After Breaking Leg

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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