Race Horse Death Watch
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“research indicates that around 420 horses are raced to death every year. About 38 per cent die on racecourses, while the others are destroyed as a result of training injuries, or are killed because they are no longer commercially viable.”
For more, visit Race Horse Death Watch >>
(hat tip: Stephanie)
So many horses? I had no idea. That is terrible… seems like an interesting link.
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It’s interesting that the industry uses the word “destroyed” when the horses are killed… as if the horses aren’t “destroyed” through “use”.
I am totally shocked by this, i never realised how many horse’s die from racing, and also some killed in the stalls? this is shamefull, surely something has to be done to stop this, it’s totally wrong these beautifull animal’s are being treated like thay don’t mean anything! i’m in tear’s
just one more thing, i was just reading the article on one of the racehorse death watch page’s about ashby jo, there are three photo’s of him with the screens round him and a vet loading a gun ready to shoot him yet ashby jo appears to be jumping around to avoid the gun witch he manage’s to dodge THREE TIMES! i’m just wondering what his injury was??? surely it could’nt have been that bad for im to be destroyed!
…yes I saw these photos too, and was horrified….did the
vet actually know what he was doing..?? The poor horse was already in terrible pain, no doubt, from his injury, then had
to be put through all that…Horse racing should end altogether,
but meantime we should all campaign to made races/courses
much shorter, eg The Grand National and Cheltenham, and hurdles
much less hazardous for horses….these injuries and fatalities
are needless and horrible……