Ireland plans to send horses to China.

[FairyLights]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...20669528.37234.155913217835225&type=1&theater

 

[Cuffey]

China also considering importing horses from South Africa although that would not currently be possible due to AHS Controls
http://www.racingsouthafrica.co.za/view_page.aspx?ID=880

 

[JVB]

Not sure why all the big fuss on fb, looks like horses were going anyway via the Netherlands, looks ot be a big project and lets face it racehorses get a raw deal wherever they end up

http://horsetalk.co.nz/2012/04/16/ireland-to-help-china-with-e2-billion-horse-project/#axzz2g6rUmfoB

 

[Aru]

Been sold as breeding animals to a country where they are rare and therefore valuable doesn't sound like a bad deal for me as long as they are transported humanely......considering the amount of horses in Ireland itself struggling and being dumped it sounds like quite a good idea...

 

[Mrs Jingle]

Been sold as breeding animals to a country where they are rare and therefore valuable doesn't sound like a bad deal for me as long as they are transported humanely......considering the amount of horses in Ireland itself struggling and being dumped it sounds like quite a good idea...

This does seem a reasoned and logical response. But I can't say I am entirely happy with some of Ireland's top breeding stock going to a country that has an abysmal record on animal welfare and no plans to alter their total lack of animal welfare legislation in the future. Lets be honest here, failures in the racing industry generally have a pretty bleak outlook here and the UK. One shudders to think what might happen to the failures, when they don't make the grade in China, of which there will obviously be quite a high percentage as is statistically proven in the racing industry.