Anne: Catch the Crooks Exporting Live Horses That End Up On Dinner Plates

Started by cinrit, November 16, 2014, 01:35:41 PM

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QuoteThe Princess Royal is demanding a crackdown on the transport of live horses from Britain to European slaughterhouses – fearing the illegal trade is causing unnecessary suffering to hundreds of animals every week.

Unscrupulous dealers are getting around the ban on exporting live horses for slaughter by claiming the animals are being sent to the Continent as pets or for work or riding, when in fact they are destined for dinner plates.

Some horses change hands several times and often endure horrific four-day journeys in trucks before slaughter in an Italian or French abattoir.

Princess Anne, president of World Horse Welfare, called for greater checks at ports and a national database to protect vulnerable horses.

She said: 'There should be a clear understanding that horses don't travel live to slaughter from the UK overseas and that is something we should be able to maintain and stand by.'

More: Anne: Catch the crooks exporting live horses that end up on dinner plates in Europe | Daily Mail Online

Cindy
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I'd hope that the auction sites would make it known that the animals being bid upon could be sold for slaughter.  :(