I was looking on this page and I saw this little face!! He was in a car accident, but still is loveable and apparently good with other dogs!!

Labrador Retriever

Size:
Large

Age: Adult

Gender: Male

ID: 52606

Notes:
I am a nice big boy. I am rooming right now with 3 females. I like
friends. I at one time was hit by a car and have a hugh scare on my
right side. I am fine. I really would like a nice family and home.

Save Horses from the Omak Suicide Race

Annual Washington State rodeo event returns in August

Every
year, as part of the Omak Stampede Rodeo, the small town of Omak in
Eastern Washington State plays host to the Omak Suicide Race, a deadly
competition that has killed at least 20 horses since 1983. The race
will be held again this year from August 10th to 13th.

The
Suicide Race takes place over the course of four days and nights.
Riders begin by careening their horses down Suicide Hill, a 210-foot
plunge at a 62 degree angle (which is close to a vertical 45 degree
angle). The horses then confront the narrow entrance of the Okanogan
River at breakneck speed, often getting caught in bottlenecks and
crashing into one another. Those horses who make it into the river must
swim over 100 yards and make a final desperate sprint up a 500 foot
hill to the finish line.

Many of
the horses used in the Suicide Race suffer heart attacks from
overexertion, broken bones from collisions and even death by drowning.
In the 2004 race, three horses died in the first heat alone. Many more
horses also die later from racing injuries or during practice runs, but
these fatalities are not documented or calculated.

Race
promoters claim that the Suicide Race is a Native American rite of
passage for adolescent boys to become adult men, but it was not
historically a tradition of the twelve Colville Confederated Tribes
that have lived in the area for centuries. Even if it were a tradition,
it would be offensive to turn a sacred rite of passage into a
commercial event. In addition, many of the contestants are well into
their thirties -- well past adolescence -- and race only for money and
fame.

Far from
being a tradition, the Suicide Race was created in 1936 by a local
furniture salesman and publicity chair for the Omak Stampede Rodeo
(which had started the year before) as a way to boost attendance and
tourism. Many people attend the Stampede because it takes place during
the Colville tribes' annual Pow Wow, a fascinating event that showcases
traditional Native American culture. The tribes boycotted the Stampede
in 1999 because it had become too commercial, but later re-endorsed it
after Omak Stampede, Inc. agreed to move the Indian Encampment to a
better location and double the Suicide Race purse to $16,000 -- all
without making the event less commercial. This only shows that the
Suicide race is all about currency, not culture.

What You Can Do:

-Write to
the Professional Cowboys Rodeo Association (PCRA) and urge them to
withdraw their sanction of the deadly Omak Suicide Race. Remind them
that, according to the promoters, the Suicide Race is not separate from
the Omak Stampede, as PCRA has claimed in the past.

Professional Cowboys Rodeo Association
101 Pro Rodeo Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80919-2301

-Urge the
Omak Stampede's corporate sponsors—Pepsi, Coors and Wrangler Jeans—to
withdraw their support from this cruel event. Contact:

Steven S. Reinemund, Chariman and CEO
PepsiCo, Inc.
700 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10577-1444
Tel: (914) 253-2000
Fax: (914) 253-2070

Eric H. Molson, Chairman
Molson Coors Brewing Company
311 10th St.
Golden, CO 80401-0030
Tel: (800) 642-6116
Fax: (303) 277-5415
Webform: www.coors.com
(Note: you must be 21 years or over to contact this company)

Wrangler Jeans Co.
VF Jeanswear Corporate HQ
400 North Elm St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
Tel: (888) -784-8571
Webform: www.wrangler.com

-Watch this PSA against the Omak Suicide Race.