Another victim at Cheltenham’s Festival of Death
The Cheltenham Festival claimed yet another equine victim when seven-year-old Whispered Promises suffered a fatal fall in the over-crowded Coral Cup hurdle race on 14 March 2008.
Posted 14 Mar 2008
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The spectre of death comes to Plumpton Racecourse
… as six horses die at Sussex course in just nine days.
Posted 04 Mar 2008
Four deaths in just one day – three at Ludlow Racecourse
On Wednesday 6 February 2008, three horses were killed and another was seriously injured during the day’s racing at Ludlow. On the same day, Balmoral Star, a seven-year-old mare fell dead at Carlisle Racecourse.
Posted 08 Feb 2008
Animal Aid calls on police to prosecute jockey
On 12 December, jockey Edward 'Eddie' Ahern whipped his horse, Marsam, with such frequency and excessive force that weals appeared on the Thoroughbred's flesh.
Posted 08 Jan 2008
Guardian prints the case against horse racing
The argument against horse racing is attracting increasing media coverage. Even racing correspondents are finding it impossible to resist commenting on evidence of the death, injury and exploitation that are integral to the industry. Animal...
Posted 29 Nov 2007
One hundred horses raced to death since Cheltenham Festival
The death of two horses at Carlisle on 12 November, brings to 100 the total number of Thoroughbreds killed on British racecourses since the Cheltenham Festival in March.
Posted 15 Nov 2007
Horse abattoir press preview
Animal Aid today (Thursday, September 20) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded children’s riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered...
Posted 20 Sep 2007
Secretly filmed in an English abattoir… healthy horses and ponies butchered for meat exports
Animal Aid today (Thursday, September 20) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded children’s riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered...
Posted 20 Sep 2007
Animal Aid background notes on pet horses and ponies
The British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) http://www.beta-uk.org/ conducted the National Equine Survey, the results of which were published in 2006.
Posted 18 Sep 2007
Animal Aid background notes on horse slaughter
The Fate of Horses: Horses may end their days at a UK abattoir for a number of reasons – sickness, old age, they prove too costly, or (for race horses) they are deemed inadequate to...
Posted 18 Sep 2007