Most people are familiar with the drug problem with professional athletes, but the problem extends to animals participating in sports too. Drugs that mask injuries or push horses to race even when injured are common, and put the horses at risk along with their riders. Learn more at www.humanesociety.org.
Animal activist turned entrepreneur.
Bruce Friedrich used to tell people about the lives of livestock animals in hopes that they would give up meat out of moral obligation. Now, he wants to sell them better alternatives. Not sure he’ll be able to replace our daily pastrami on rye lunch order, but we’ll give him a chance. Read his full story on nyt.com.