Crazy_cat_lady
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Do we know which horses and owners were involved? I've seen the names of the ex GE horses
It's awful, I refused to travel mine to be PTS at the vets as he was in pain which was kept at bay for the most part towards the end but travelling would have caused him undue pain and suffering. Humane destruction should always be at home.You're kidding, right? So it's ok to travel a horse on three legs from Ireland so that the meat is fresher??
Not all slaughter houses are the same, when we take one of our cattle to be killed for the freezer, we drop the tail board the heifer goes straight in to the kill pen, I take comfort by the time I am a mile down the road the animal has been dispatched, the on site vet is strict and the workers are professional and show compassion.Tops spec Vet of the Year, Natalie McGoldrick has just written a brave post on Facebook saying how much she hated her time as a vet, in slaughterhouses. The horses were all terrified, without exemption, and so were cows and sheep.
I wish this was banned, and a humane destruction at home was compulsory.
But surely the people in the racing industry know and have known for a long time about what really goes one and yet nothing has changed for years.Yes, you are right - an awful lot of people wouldn't even think about the colour of the horses in the programme BUT those people who need to take this seriously in order to push for change, i.e the racing industry will notice and will think that the quality of research etc is laughable because of these silly, cheap errors. It is about credibility for an informed audience and that does matter in terms of impact.
Meat on the hook takes up a lot less space, you are not travelling waste material. I do not know the killing out % of horses but it will be no more than 60% so 40% of what is being moved is to go as paid for disposal. Meat cannot drop dead in transit and so be unfit to go on the hook.Cheaper to travel it live, no refrigeration.
"People's normal pet horses suffer the most" You honestly believe that?!
But there is also a pistol that can be used legally https://www.hsa.org.uk/methods/free-bullet-firearms
Not all slaughter houses are the same, when we take one of our cattle to be killed for the freezer, we drop the tail board the heifer goes straight in to the kill pen, I take comfort by the time I am a mile down the road the animal has been dispatched, the on site vet is strict and the workers are professional and show compassion.
True, I'd forgotten that.Meat on the hook takes up a lot less space, you are not travelling waste material. I do not know the killing out % of horses but it will be no more than 60% so 40% of what is being moved is to go as paid for disposal. Meat cannot drop dead in transit and so be unfit to go on the hook.
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Meat on the hook takes up a lot less space, you are not travelling waste material. I do not know the killing out % of horses but it will be no more than 60% so 40% of what is being moved is to go as paid for disposal. Meat cannot drop dead in transit and so be unfit to go on the hook.
In a lot of cases I do believe that pet horses suffer more than racehorses. At least in racing people notice if horses are lame and have large open wounds. I have seen crippled, aged, pet ponies with maggots as the owners only ever looked over a gate a couple of times a week.
There are good pet owners but there are also a great deal with no knowledge who think because they are in a field with grass everything is ok.
Meat on the hook takes up a lot less space, you are not travelling waste material. I do not know the killing out % of horses but it will be no more than 60% so 40% of what is being moved is to go as paid for disposal. Meat cannot drop dead in transit and so be unfit to go on the hook.
In a lot of cases I do believe that pet horses suffer more than racehorses. At least in racing people notice if horses are lame and have large open wounds. I have seen crippled, aged, pet ponies with maggots as the owners only ever looked over a gate a couple of times a week.
There are good pet owners but there are also a great deal with no knowledge who think because they are in a field with grass everything is ok.
Meat on the hook takes up a lot less space, you are not travelling waste material. I do not know the killing out % of horses but it will be no more than 60% so 40% of what is being moved is to go as paid for disposal. Meat cannot drop dead in transit and so be unfit to go on the hook.
In a lot of cases I do believe that pet horses suffer more than racehorses. At least in racing people notice if horses are lame and have large open wounds. I have seen crippled, aged, pet ponies with maggots as the owners only ever looked over a gate a couple of times a week.
There are good pet owners but there are also a great deal with no knowledge who think because they are in a field with grass everything is ok.
I'm finding the multiple social media posts stating 'but not our bit of racing'/ but look I have a rehomed one a bit tedious this morning. I'd much rather those people acknowledged the issues and became part of the solution.
This is what shocks me the most.But surely the people in the racing industry know and have known for a long time about what really goes one and yet nothing has changed for years.
I agree but am I naive in thinking that individuals who own horses can be dealt with on an individual basis? Perhaps through education or legislation...? The problem with the racing industry is this daily holocaust for animals is happening on an industrial scale. It's like a huge machine chewing up animals and spitting them out.On Leisure horses I was a welfare officer and yes I definitely think more leisure horses suffer than racehorses .
Lots of people are wearing rose tinted spectacles in that respect .
Actually I do think pet horses suffer much more than racehorses. How many over 18 year old horses do you see for sale, how many companion only due to injury, how many much loved oldies for extortionate amounts of money because sonny is going to university etc it is far more than a few hundred that go from uk yards to slaughter. I do think on this site we are preaching to the converted but I did watch it I did think that some of the short term practices were appalling but they were short lived compared to the suffering of many that lasts for years sometimes decades in homes who cannot bear to PTS their "loved" horse"People's normal pet horses suffer the most" You honestly believe that?!
I agree but am I naive in thinking that individuals who own horses can be dealt with on an individual basis? Perhaps through education or legislation...? The problem with the racing industry is this daily holocaust for animals is happening on an industrial scale. It's like a huge machine chewing up animals and spitting them out.
I'm finding the multiple social media posts stating 'but not our bit of racing'/ but look I have a rehomed one a bit tedious this morning. I'd much rather those people acknowledged the issues and became part of the solution.