Today, there are endless tasty vegan options to serve during Fourth of July BBQ’s—including Beyond Burgers and Atlas Monroe’s Vegan Apple Wood Fired Ribs,

These are desperate times for the horseracing industry. Even people who pay no attention to racing—which is just about everybody—are aghast by the carnage on America’s racetracks, where horses are collapsing and dying in shocking numbers. But some tracks are in such dire financial straits that they’re resorting to even more gratuitously cruel promotions to try to get customers through the gates: forcing ostriches, camels and zebras to race with human jockeys on their backs.