fankino04
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So this just popped up on my Facebook..
https://www.change.org/p/the-food-s...cbdf08092505&utm_content=fht-29970806-en-gb:0
https://www.change.org/p/the-food-s...cbdf08092505&utm_content=fht-29970806-en-gb:0
So this just popped up on my Facebook..
https://www.change.org/p/the-food-standards-agency-the-closure-of-f-drury-sons-ltd-the-abattoir-in-swindon-for-cruelty-to-horses?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=c52ba540-e966-11eb-bd5f-cbdf08092505&utm_content=fht-29970806-en-gb:0
Absolutely agree with you xif its closed down that makes even fewer places for animals, surely its the people that need prosecuting for animal cruelty , i couldnt have watched it as the images would have stayed with me, it has upset me enough without watching..but i think it would be better to go after the individual people so they cant work in an abbatoir again
I'm a bit torn between there needing to be more places so horses travel less or just no places so the local knackerman or vet is called out and job done at home with unstressed horse. Obviously no horse abattoirs in the UK means no horsemeat from here if you ban live international export but if Bute isn't supposed to enter the food chain then there shouldn't be any horses in the food chain. I can see the argument for both and as a vegan am definitely conflicted but this place definitely needs something doing about it (not sure if shut down or something else)if its closed down that makes even fewer places for animals, surely its the people that need prosecuting for animal cruelty , i couldnt have watched it as the images would have stayed with me, it has upset me enough without watching..but i think it would be better to go after the individual people so they cant work in an abbatoir again
I apologise for coming across rant on this thread, but it's so heartbreaking to be on the other side of it dealing with what is ostensibly a 'waste product' of an industry that gets away with turning a blind eye to it and constantly states that they 'love horses'. In a few weeks I'll have to make a call on what exracers can realistically be re-homed. The other sweet beautiful ones will politely follow me onto a box to be PTS by a huntsman because physically or mentally they could not cope with the system that produced them. Charities and rehoming people are left to cover the vets costs and physio costs out of their own pocket, while the owners just buy a fresh new batch to destroy. It is truly heartbreaking. And these are horses that I'm 100% sure were shiny and well fed on a beautiful yard being cared for by grooms who were fond of them. But they still come out the other end with such a slim chance at a good life.
There is a way to replicate chips. They do not have to be dug out of a dead horse. Anyone who has sheep that lose a tag can get a replacement tag which has the same number in the chip. So the technology is out there and no doubt unscrupulous people have aquired it and put it to their own uses.I thought that. Somebody on the inside must have got the chip out of the dead horse then replanted it into the other one?
you might want to read the link I posted earlier.Ok I have just watches it. First thing. What the he'll is that guy doing with a rifle!?! So many bad practices going on..
It makes me so angry and upset that these horses. The grey winning over 170k can end up in a abattoir. I aren't saying that horses that win money should have a good life. They all should. But at the same time once that horse is sold by the owner or trainer there is nothing more they can do.
re. choice of gun, others might find this interesting.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309174015300346#bb0170
Not particularly safe use noted.
Not sure I can bear to watch but apparently it exposes the fact that thousands (yes it says thousands) of racehorses, including many young horses and previously successful horses, are sent to slaughterhouses each year. When will action be taken to stop this cruel and awful wastage in this industry? Never - because the betting industry is too powerful? At least something is being said in the programme about the dark side of what actually goes on. It's too often swept under the carpet and the general public's perception is that racing is a fun day out with lovely hats.
Fair point! I have only ever known it be done with captive bolt or pistolyou might want to read the link I posted earlier.
There are very few horses fit for human consumption, but there is a market in animals for rendering, so although it does cost the owner money to have them shot at home, at the moment you can, 'shop around'. The last pony I had euthanised, ten minutes before he was rubbing his bum on a tree in the paddock, and it cost me £140, booked in.I'm a bit torn between there needing to be more places so horses travel less or just no places so the local knackerman or vet is called out and job done at home with unstressed horse. Obviously no horse abattoirs in the UK means no horsemeat from here if you ban live international export but if Bute isn't supposed to enter the food chain then there shouldn't be any horses in the food chain. I can see the argument for both and as a vegan am definitely conflicted but this place definitely needs something doing about it (not sure if shut down or something else)
1.4m given by the industry towards rehoming racehorses!! That’s a miniscule amount of the money being made in the industry.
It was my impression from previous 'stuff' that a long barrel was favoured not sure why but they must have a reason given that it is a bit unwieldy.I appreciate this study is on the physical impact of the projectile and how this makes sense - but to use a long barrel doesn't it need two people one to hold the horses head and one to use the gun? I can't see how you can stand close enough with a long gun to keep a horse calm and relaxed and get it at the right angle.
All his waving about seemed to suggest he was struggling with the same physics.
Sadly seen too many with the pistol and it seems much less intrusive and less stressful to the horse vs. a larger rifle.
I'm not sure people are surprised are they? I'm not, better that than they end up doing the rounds sold as novice rides by the bin end dealers while physically crocked but better not to have to do either at all and shoot them at home.
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.
I am struggling to understand the point of transplanting a microchip from a dead horse into a live one. Surely that would be on record as a dead horse, you couldn't claim it was the horse that was already known to be dead. Am I missing something?
Record checking of equine passports is...non-existant in my experience. I have never been asked for a passport to record prescribed bute (nor to check that my horses are signed out of the food chain which they all are). I have passports going back a number of years here. Removing a microchip is child's play for someone who has motivation to do that.