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ANGULAR LIMB DEFORMITY IN THOROUGHBREDS
ALD IN THOROUGHBREDSThoroughbred foals are often born with legs that are not straight. Amongst the veterinary community it is well known that amongst the big studs, almost 100% of foals are being given surgery to correct their limbs. In some cases, it is necessary for...
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...
DEAD ON ARRIVAL
Yes we have Standards for the land transport of horses in Australia but they are not worth the paper they are written on, as the saying goes. There is no one policing the standards so horses can be on a truck without food and water for days and no one would know....
ALL THINGS PINK
All Things Pink was born at a well-known stud in NSW. Being in NSW, her safety should have been guaranteed, but like so many others, it wasn’t. She was born on the 29th August, 2013 at the Bowness stud in NSW, she was by Domesday and out of My Peggy Fu. She was the...
JEEWAN
Poor Jeewan was identified by his earlier owners in the dogger’s paddock when they watched One Year On and were horrified to recognise their horse. He was 7 years old at the time and he looked so sad. He only had a week left to live before he was sent on the truck to...
YES IMAPARTYGIRL
Yes Imapartygirl has her broodmare chain and now also her death sentence. The tag tied on with baling twine is a crude form of identification once she fell into the hands of the dogger. It makes her eligible for human consumption. Yes Imapartygirl was born in New...
AFTER THE DOCUMENTARY
In October 2019, Australians were horrified to see The Final Race on the 7.30 Report (scroll down). It showed in graphic detail the fate of unwanted horses in Australia. It particularly focussed on the large amount of racehorses that were being disposed of with the...
CUMBOOGLE FLASH
At nearly 20 years of age, Cumboogle Flash was an older horse. A beautiful chestnut thoroughbred gelding with bling, a horse that deserved to be loved and to live out his retirement in a green paddock. Instead, he was left at the Echuca saleyards by people who let him...
BOYCOTT HORSE RACING
7 horses died in 8 Melbourne Cups. Do we need to say anymore? You can learn more about the horrors of the racing industry at: https://meetourhorsemeat.com/horse-racing-wastage/Join us on social media and become a keyboard warrior.
CLAY
A good news story from November 2019. My name is Clay. I was sent to Echuca horse sale last week (11/2019). I am only 4 years old. I am registered, but did that make a difference? No. At the sale yard they said I was quiet. They patted me all over and picked up all my...
COURTING MAGIC
There were hundreds of people following the story of Courting Magic on social media. People believed she was deliberately snuck into the Echuca Auction late in the day so that she wouldn’t be photographed and promoted. After she was bought by Shepp Meats, people...
ABC NEWS THE FINAL RACE
I think they [the Australian racing industry] are purposely hiding this from the general public because if they were to know I don't think we would be getting 100,000 people going to the Melbourne Cup.This is the sort of material that will shake [the Australian horse...
4000 RACEHORSES SLAUGHTERED ANNUALLY
THE MARTIN INQUIRYThe RSPCA estimates that 4000 former Australian racehorses are slaughtered annually.In October 2019 the ABC 7.30 program aired a story about the ‘wastage’ of retired racehorses. The story raised issues about the treatment of horses at a Queensland...
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?
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