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Congratulations horse advocates. The racing industry in Australia is doing its best to come after us on social media which tells us YOUR advocacy is working. As you will see as you scroll down we’ve documented more than a few cases proving that horse racing is NOT the sport of kings.
ABC NEWS 7:30: THE DARK SIDE OF THE RACING INDUSTRY
THE RESULTS OF A 2 YEAR INVESTIGATION
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.
We're talking about destroying [slaughtering] horses on an industrial level.
This is the sort of material that will shake the [Australian horse racing] industry to the core.
INBREEDING RAMPANT IN THOROUGHBRED LINES
HORSE RACING INDUSTRY "RACING POST" PUBLISHES STUDY RESULTSWe recently tweeted:One of the responses was a tweet from Sandy Bayley whose profile states: Fair horse racing advocate. Anti desperadoes who hurt horses with drugs.Meet Our Horse Meat writes: Recently...
4000 RACEHORSES SLAUGHTERED ANNUALLY
7 NEWS REPORTS: The RSPCA estimates 4000 former Australian racehorses are slaughtered annually.From the article: Racehorse owners must now make multiple attempts to find a home for retiring horses before they can send them to slaughter. The new rule is the result of...
BELOVED HORSE TORTURED
JOCKEY SAYS SHE FAILEDABCNEWS.AU.NET“I truly hope you break your f***ing neck.”That’s one of dozens of hateful messages sent to Gold Coast jockey Laura Cheshire after the 35-year-old’s former champion racehorse was tortured and slaughtered at the hands of abattoir...
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...
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. ...
SCHOOLS KEEPING HORSE RACING OUT
A SMALL VICTORY FOR THOSE WORKING TO BOYCOTT HORSE RACINGCongrats to all who have been working so diligently to get the word out that horse racing is a spectacle of abuse, not a sport. Schools in parts of Australia keeping the promoting of horse racing out of schools...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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