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Omak Suicide Race - Justification!The Suicide Race is part of the Omak Stampede, Omak's local rodeo. 16 horses have died in the race in the past 20 years. No statistics are kept for horses which die during practice or "training" runs. More Coming Soon Suicide Race officials are eager to hide injuries from the press, which brings unwanted attention from animal rights and animal welfare activists, even if it means turning out the lights so that medics must try to perform life-saving measures in the dark. PAWS staffer, Will Anderson, accepted an award of $64,500.00 for alleged false arrest and loss of both a camera and the visual portion of videotape, after he was accosted by four deputies while documenting a fatal injury to a horse during the August 1996 running of the Omak Suicide Race. Okanogan County was ordered to pay Anderson $50,000.00. Former Omak Stampede director, Ted Huber, who allegedly threw Anderson's cameras into the river, was ordered to pay Anderson $12,500.00. The Omak Stampede itself was ordered to pay Anderson $2,000.00. Can this death race be justified? A select group which stands to gain financially from it attempt to do so. Go to the next page.
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