hind legs

SAN ANTONIO -- In the moments before the 1973 Belmont Stakes, a stable girl accidentally kicked a water bucket near Secretariat as the great horse waited to head to the track.

According to onlookers, the startled colt reared up on his hind legs and whinnied repeatedly, seemingly jumping out of his skin.

He went on to crush rival Sham and take the Triple Crown with a staggering 31-length win.

A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap at it, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs so hunters can shoot it more easily.

Raju the bear will never have to smoke cigarettes or dance on his hind legs under the hot sun again thanks to a multinational project to save an endangered species and end a cruel centuries-old tradition in India.