This just in; glue supply in Palm Beach shoots through the roof

[Baal]

More @ 11

Fourteen thoroughbred horses dropped dead in a mysterious scene Sunday before a polo match near West Palm Beach, Florida, officials said.

Teams are trying to figure out what happened at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Florida.

State and local veterinary teams are trying to figure out what happened at the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida, as team Lechuza Caracas prepared to compete in a U.S. Open match.

Two horses initially collapsed, and as vets and team officials scrambled to revive them, five others became dizzy, said Tim O'Connor, spokesman for the polo club.

"A total of seven died on our property," O'Connor told CNN. Seven other horses died en route to a Wellington horse farm and a veterinary hospital.

The cause of the deaths has not been determined, and necropsies and blood tests were underway, he said.

O'Connor said each team brings between 40 to 60 horses for matches, and they are continuously switched out throughout a match to keep the horses from overexerting themselves.

A meeting will be held to determine whether Lechuza Caracas will compete at a later date, he said.

"Everybody is kind of in shock and trying to figure out what happened," he said. "Nobody can recall an incident in which this many horses have died at once."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/19/dead.horses/index.html

Good lord!

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

I can't tell if that's sad or awesome.

 

[Mech Man]

Alien parasites did it. Now the horse corpses are going to mutate and reanimate to take over the world. ITS THE APOCALYPSE PEOPLE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

 

[mindless_moder]

zombie .... horses ???

 

[Dodo]

apparently the horses had an awesome party and some Italian stallion spiked everyone's drinks... what a way to end a party, damn Italians.

-dodo

 

[VirusType2]

I hope to hear of an explanation for this.

Anyone remember when massive amounts of honey bees just suddenly died and scientists couldn't explain it?

 

[Dodo]

honey bees are still dying, and its gonna eventually kill us (the absence of honey bees)
OH NOES!

-dodo

 

[Mech Man]

This reminds me of the time I saw a bird drop dead mid flight for no reason. That was pretty depressing.

 

[Danimal]

Drop-tastic?

 

[Mech Man]

Being honest I lol'd a little when the bird hit the ground , but only because it looked kinda like a plane crashing.

 

[Dodo]

did he explode in a huge fireball ?? : O

-dodo

 

[Mech Man]

Yes , first it was kinda spiralling through the air then it ploughed through the ground before erupting in a huge fire ball. Then the bird was all like "WOT?! Whyz me gutz ovah dere?!"

 

[Baal]

21 dead horses now. That's a lot of glue.

 

[MJ12]

Ut oh, it's HAPPENING

 

[VirusType2]

Horse AIDS.

 

[Raziaar]

Something criminal went down.

 

[JNightshade]

Oh god, I lol'd at the title.

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

People still play polo? Like with the horses and hammers?

 

[ThunderDawg]

It's not in Palm Beach, it's in Wellington.
I was gonna go, but I got stuck in traffic.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Poor horsies