MEET OUR HORSE MEAT
LEARN ABOUT THE GREEDY HORSE-KILLING TRADE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION & HOW YOU CAN HELP HORSES ESCAPE THIS VICIOUS FATE DONATE
WHAT TO DO IF YOUR HORSE IS STOLEN OR GOES MISSING
IT'S ONE OF YOUR WORSE NIGHTMARES - RIGHT?First bookmark/save this post. If your horse is missing, even if you are not 100% sure he or she has been stolen, please don't waste any time, please take action ASAP because as long as the slaughter of horses for human...
HORSE TRAINER DARREN WEIR PLEADS GUILTY AGAIN
MULTIPLE CHARGES AGAINST DARREN WEIR & GUILTY PLEASLet's start with a little history about horse trainer Darren Weir -- courtesy of RACENET. It includes everything from using banned and abusive "jiggers" on horses, to falsely identifying horses, to having horses...
FEATURED IN ANIMAIL MAGAZINE
ANIMAIL MAGAZINE FEATURES MEET OUR HORSE MEATWe would like to thank ANIMAIL Magazine for featuring Meet Our Horse Meat in the August 2022 issue of their publication. Animail is the magazine for members of the Australasian Association of Animal Studies, (ASSA). It...
SOVIET
$270,000 HORSE SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTIONSoviet was killed at #Meramist last Monday, June 27, 2022, for human consumption. He ended up with what we call 'doggers' - a person that buys a horse for slaughter, and who in some cases will on-sell for more money. ...
ABATTOIR VERSUS KNACKERY
What is the difference between an Abattoir and a Knackery? That's a great question! Both an abattoir and a knackery kill horses and other animals, however, the main difference is that an abattoir kills for human consumption and therefore they are subject to more...
SCHOOLS KEEPING HORSE RACING OUT
A SMALL VICTORY FOR THOSE WORKING TO BOYCOTT HORSE RACINGDo you ever wonder if boycotting racing, sharing social media posts and engaging others in conversations about horseracing is working? Is it helping to educate others about the wrongdoings in the horse racing...
STATION BRED HORSES SLAUGHTERED
STATION BRED HORSES SLAUGHTEREDThe dumping of young, unhandled horses at sales has been going on for a very long time, it doesn’t mean it should continue. In this day and age, you would think that people would be more aware of the fate so many of them meet. Maybe...
CHLOE THE BLIND MARE
TRANSPORT LAWS BLATANTLY BROKENAfter ABC NEWS 7:30 aired the Final Race and exposed just how cruel the slaughter of horses at the Meramist abattoir is, a government inquiry investigated Meramist and Biosecurity QLD’s handling of welfare incidents. The report stated:...
CONTACT YOUR NSW MP
As a resident of New South Wales you are represented by a Member of Parliament (MP) in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (lower house). There are 93 electorates in the state with one MP representing each of these electorates. Residents in New South Wales are...
CONTACT THE PM
Use the button above and fill out the form to let the Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, know exactly how you feel about horses being slaughtered in Australia. Your note can be as simple as "I oppose the slaughter of horses in Australia, for...
OTTB TRAINER KARIN GRACEY
KARIN GRACEY IS SAVING THE LIVES OF HORSESWe’d like to introduce you to someone we consider to be a hero, Karin Gracey. Karin has dedicated much of her life to helping thoroughbreds.For the past 22 years Karin has worked full time with thoroughbreds including working...
APPLYING LEARNING THEORY IN HORSE TRAINING
WHAT IS LEARNING THEORY? According to Dr. Camie Heleski, University of Kentucky: "Learning theory is a summary term for what we know from psychology and horse behavior about how animals (in this case, horses) learn and respond to training. There’s a saying in the...
HORSE RACING ALLOWS CRUEL TONGUE-TIES
"... HIS TONGUE BECOMING NECROTIC AND REQUIRING PARTIAL AMPUTATION"A rising percentage of horses are racing in tongue ties with 62.5% of trainers reporting using them and 38% reporting complications. A tongue tie is a piece of nylon or rubber wrapped around the tongue...
HORSEMEAT KILLS DOGS
ABC NEWS REPORTS: In Victoria, Laura Curtin is mourning the loss of her pet Labrador, named Hodge, who died on July 13 after suffering liver failure. She says she took the dog to a vet several times between July 5 and 8 and was told Hodge's liver tests were "off the...
KING’S VOYAGE
We met King's Voyage when he had become just another unloved and unwanted horse in a paddock full of unloved and unwanted horses. He stood out for his friendliness, he had always known people as nurturers and providers, but now it was different. It’s not always...
ONE YEAR ON
October of 2020, Horse Racing Kills writes: In October 2019 ABC's 7:30 program highlighted the routine slaughter of racehorses once they are disposed of, creating shockwaves across Australia and the world. Their brutal retirement plan for horses had finally been...
TOXIC AUSTRALIAN HORSE MEAT
European Union Licence and food safetyThe European Union has strict standards for animal welfare and food safety and does regular audits. Horse Identification When horses are purchased for human consumption by a dogger, they need to be identified by a tag around their...
THE HORSE WITH NO NAME
Or did he have a name? He probably did but we will never know what it was, he had already become just a number identifiable only by the twine and tag around his neck. He bore no visible brand, not even under his long mane which hung naturally to both sides of his...
Whistleblowers are invited to contact MOHM regarding violations occurring during horse slaughter or transport to slaughter. Are you an ex-slaughterhouse employee, a transport driver or a feedlot operator with knowledge of animal abuse, or other violations? Are you a track veterinarian who has evidence of horses “run” on phenylbutazone or other drugs, and then being shipped to slaughter? Do you have pictures/video of horses in transit to slaughter?
Anonymity guaranteed!