Put An End To British Horses Being Slaughter NOW
Target:
Lord Rooker, Minister for Animal Welfare - Defra
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EVERY FOUR MINUTES OF A WORKING WEEK, A HORSE IS BRUTALLY AND UN-NECESSARILY SLAUGHTERED IN THE UK
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOLLOWING THAT YOU MAY FIND UPSETTING
Defra estimates that between 6,000 - 10,000 horses are slaughtered in the UK annually, for human consumption abroad. The slaughter takes place at two slaughterhouses in the UK.
The first slaughterhouse is south of the historic Cheshire town of Nantwich. Those in the racing industry know the establishment as Turners, the surname of the family that has run it since 1972. But it is also called the Red Lion Abattoir or Cheshire Equine Services. The second abattoir is in a village on the outskirts of Taunton, Somerset,and is hired by Bristol-based firm Lawrence J Potter for a weekly horse cull on Wednesdays. These two operations take care of the vast bulk of the 6,000 to 10,000 horses the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates are being killed annually for consumption abroad.
...In the butchering room, blood could be seen seeping through the
plastic doors. Four men were dressed in white coats covered in blood. Up above, three horse carcasses were hanging upside down with metal shackles tied halfway up their hind legs. Their hooves had been cut off and theheads had been removed. One man was using knives to skin the dead animals. Our reporter was not allowed to see where the horses were shot 'because there are live bullets'. As we walked through the holding pen, a gunshotwent off. Two young thoroughbreds jumped and began biting each other's necks, which were covered in red welts
- from Observer article by Anthony Barnett Sunday Oct 1, 2006 http://sport.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329590021-108367,00.html
STILLMANS EXPOSED: 20TH SEPTEMBER 2007 Animal Aid (Thursday, September 20 2007) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded childrens riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered for human consumption.It is the first time that such scenes have been filmed in Britain and made public.
Covertly recorded last month at Potters [& Stillmans] abattoir in Taunton, the Animal Aid footage shows the killing of a succession of apparently fit and healthy horses. One conspicuous exception was a seriously injured chestnut mare who was brought to the killing factory on the evening of August 14. After a long delay, she was finally shot while lying in a yard.
Another horse looked as though she could have been pregnant. After she had been shot, what sounded like a second rifle shot was heard from behind the closed door of the butchering line. Animal Aid challenges Potters management to declare whether or not this second shot was directed at an unborn foal.
From Animal Aid: Read full report here: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_horse/ALL/1662//
The following footage can be seen here: But please be aware that this video is graphic and you may find it upsetting.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=435JtOKH2Qo
For centuries horses have carried us, worked for us and been our companions. Is this any way to repay such loyalty?
PLEASE HELP BY SIGNING THIS PETITION. THANK YOU.
KELLIE
My goal is: 5,000 people to sign. PLEASE HELP.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOLLOWING THAT YOU MAY FIND UPSETTING
Defra estimates that between 6,000 - 10,000 horses are slaughtered in the UK annually, for human consumption abroad. The slaughter takes place at two slaughterhouses in the UK.
The first slaughterhouse is south of the historic Cheshire town of Nantwich. Those in the racing industry know the establishment as Turners, the surname of the family that has run it since 1972. But it is also called the Red Lion Abattoir or Cheshire Equine Services. The second abattoir is in a village on the outskirts of Taunton, Somerset,and is hired by Bristol-based firm Lawrence J Potter for a weekly horse cull on Wednesdays. These two operations take care of the vast bulk of the 6,000 to 10,000 horses the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates are being killed annually for consumption abroad.
...In the butchering room, blood could be seen seeping through the
plastic doors. Four men were dressed in white coats covered in blood. Up above, three horse carcasses were hanging upside down with metal shackles tied halfway up their hind legs. Their hooves had been cut off and theheads had been removed. One man was using knives to skin the dead animals. Our reporter was not allowed to see where the horses were shot 'because there are live bullets'. As we walked through the holding pen, a gunshotwent off. Two young thoroughbreds jumped and began biting each other's necks, which were covered in red welts
- from Observer article by Anthony Barnett Sunday Oct 1, 2006 http://sport.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329590021-108367,00.html
STILLMANS EXPOSED: 20TH SEPTEMBER 2007 Animal Aid (Thursday, September 20 2007) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded childrens riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered for human consumption.It is the first time that such scenes have been filmed in Britain and made public.
Covertly recorded last month at Potters [& Stillmans] abattoir in Taunton, the Animal Aid footage shows the killing of a succession of apparently fit and healthy horses. One conspicuous exception was a seriously injured chestnut mare who was brought to the killing factory on the evening of August 14. After a long delay, she was finally shot while lying in a yard.
Another horse looked as though she could have been pregnant. After she had been shot, what sounded like a second rifle shot was heard from behind the closed door of the butchering line. Animal Aid challenges Potters management to declare whether or not this second shot was directed at an unborn foal.
From Animal Aid: Read full report here: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_horse/ALL/1662//
The following footage can be seen here: But please be aware that this video is graphic and you may find it upsetting.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=435JtOKH2Qo
For centuries horses have carried us, worked for us and been our companions. Is this any way to repay such loyalty?
PLEASE HELP BY SIGNING THIS PETITION. THANK YOU.
KELLIE
My goal is: 5,000 people to sign. PLEASE HELP.
EVERY FOUR MINUTES OF A WORKING WEEK, A HORSE IS BRUTALLY AND UN-NECESSARILY SLAUGHTERED IN THE UK
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOLLOWING THAT YOU MAY FIND UPSETTING
Defra estimates that between 6,000 - 10,000 horses are slaughtered in the UK annually, for human consumption abroad. The slaughter takes place at two slaughterhouses in the UK.
The first slaughterhouse is south of the historic Cheshire town of Nantwich. Those in the racing industry know the establishment as Turners, the surname of the family that has run it since 1972. But it is also called the Red Lion Abattoir or Cheshire Equine Services. The second abattoir is in a village on the outskirts of Taunton, Somerset,and is hired by Bristol-based firm Lawrence J Potter for a weekly horse cull on Wednesdays. These two operations take care of the vast bulk of the 6,000 to 10,000 horses the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates are being killed annually for consumption abroad.
...In the butchering room, blood could be seen seeping through the
plastic doors. Four men were dressed in white coats covered in blood. Up above, three horse carcasses were hanging upside down with metal shackles tied halfway up their hind legs. Their hooves had been cut off and theheads had been removed. One man was using knives to skin the dead animals. Our reporter was not allowed to see where the horses were shot 'because there are live bullets'. As we walked through the holding pen, a gunshotwent off. Two young thoroughbreds jumped and began biting each other's necks, which were covered in red welts
- from Observer article by Anthony Barnett Sunday Oct 1, 2006 http://sport.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329590021-108367,00.html
STILLMANS EXPOSED: 20TH SEPTEMBER 2007 Animal Aid (Thursday, September 20 2007) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded childrens riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered for human consumption.It is the first time that such scenes have been filmed in Britain and made public.
Covertly recorded last month at Potters [& Stillmans] abattoir in Taunton, the Animal Aid footage shows the killing of a succession of apparently fit and healthy horses. One conspicuous exception was a seriously injured chestnut mare who was brought to the killing factory on the evening of August 14. After a long delay, she was finally shot while lying in a yard.
Another horse looked as though she could have been pregnant. After she had been shot, what sounded like a second rifle shot was heard from behind the closed door of the butchering line. Animal Aid challenges Potters management to declare whether or not this second shot was directed at an unborn foal.
From Animal Aid: Read full report here: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_horse/ALL/1662//
The following footage can be seen here: But please be aware that this video is graphic and you may find it upsetting.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=435JtOKH2Qo
For centuries horses have carried us, worked for us and been our companions. Is this any way to repay such loyalty?
PLEASE HELP BY SIGNING THIS PETITION. THANK YOU.
KELLIE
My goal is: 5,000 people to sign. PLEASE HELP.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOLLOWING THAT YOU MAY FIND UPSETTING
Defra estimates that between 6,000 - 10,000 horses are slaughtered in the UK annually, for human consumption abroad. The slaughter takes place at two slaughterhouses in the UK.
The first slaughterhouse is south of the historic Cheshire town of Nantwich. Those in the racing industry know the establishment as Turners, the surname of the family that has run it since 1972. But it is also called the Red Lion Abattoir or Cheshire Equine Services. The second abattoir is in a village on the outskirts of Taunton, Somerset,and is hired by Bristol-based firm Lawrence J Potter for a weekly horse cull on Wednesdays. These two operations take care of the vast bulk of the 6,000 to 10,000 horses the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs estimates are being killed annually for consumption abroad.
...In the butchering room, blood could be seen seeping through the
plastic doors. Four men were dressed in white coats covered in blood. Up above, three horse carcasses were hanging upside down with metal shackles tied halfway up their hind legs. Their hooves had been cut off and theheads had been removed. One man was using knives to skin the dead animals. Our reporter was not allowed to see where the horses were shot 'because there are live bullets'. As we walked through the holding pen, a gunshotwent off. Two young thoroughbreds jumped and began biting each other's necks, which were covered in red welts
- from Observer article by Anthony Barnett Sunday Oct 1, 2006 http://sport.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329590021-108367,00.html
STILLMANS EXPOSED: 20TH SEPTEMBER 2007 Animal Aid (Thursday, September 20 2007) releases footage secretly filmed in an English abattoir. It shows discarded childrens riding ponies and unprofitable race horses being shot in the head with a rifle and then butchered for human consumption.It is the first time that such scenes have been filmed in Britain and made public.
Covertly recorded last month at Potters [& Stillmans] abattoir in Taunton, the Animal Aid footage shows the killing of a succession of apparently fit and healthy horses. One conspicuous exception was a seriously injured chestnut mare who was brought to the killing factory on the evening of August 14. After a long delay, she was finally shot while lying in a yard.
Another horse looked as though she could have been pregnant. After she had been shot, what sounded like a second rifle shot was heard from behind the closed door of the butchering line. Animal Aid challenges Potters management to declare whether or not this second shot was directed at an unborn foal.
From Animal Aid: Read full report here: http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_horse/ALL/1662//
The following footage can be seen here: But please be aware that this video is graphic and you may find it upsetting.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=435JtOKH2Qo
For centuries horses have carried us, worked for us and been our companions. Is this any way to repay such loyalty?
PLEASE HELP BY SIGNING THIS PETITION. THANK YOU.
KELLIE
My goal is: 5,000 people to sign. PLEASE HELP.
Dear Lord Rooker
We the undersigned are pertitoning to stop the slaughter of horses in the U.K
We have watched the horrific suffering from the video on my pertition of what has been happening to healthy horses and the way they life is ended.
We would like same changes made to either stop this suffering or give people the chance to buy these horses online for the price of their meat to the slaughter man, at least if this could happen we can try and save more horses from an evil death which is no fault of their own.
I would like you to visit this site for some idea of what Im on about to buy the horses:-
http://www.freewebs.com/equineurgency/imminentdanger.htm
This is a site for a France slaughter house that has been started to save the horses from slaughter for food, if you dont have the power to stop this then try and have a web page set up to let people have the oppertunity to let these horses die or to save them.
Please try and help us to stop this happening to heathly horses that is either just there because of an overstock or because they have been outgrown or just wasn't fast enough for the racetrack.
Thank you for your time to read this letter and i hope our pertition will help you decide the outcome for these horses.
Some pictures i would like to share with you.
a pony killed cause it has been outgrown! could it of had a life with some other family????
Legislation states that heavily pregnant animals may not be transported. let alone killed!
Also injured horses are left laying on the ground for nearly an hour before their suffering ends, is this right?
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_horse/ALL/1662//
All this was filmed as well
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xJMoyh57XOU
Please watch and read these links as it might help in your discision
We the undersigned are pertitoning to stop the slaughter of horses in the U.K
We have watched the horrific suffering from the video on my pertition of what has been happening to healthy horses and the way they life is ended.
We would like same changes made to either stop this suffering or give people the chance to buy these horses online for the price of their meat to the slaughter man, at least if this could happen we can try and save more horses from an evil death which is no fault of their own.
I would like you to visit this site for some idea of what Im on about to buy the horses:-
http://www.freewebs.com/equineurgency/imminentdanger.htm
This is a site for a France slaughter house that has been started to save the horses from slaughter for food, if you dont have the power to stop this then try and have a web page set up to let people have the oppertunity to let these horses die or to save them.
Please try and help us to stop this happening to heathly horses that is either just there because of an overstock or because they have been outgrown or just wasn't fast enough for the racetrack.
Thank you for your time to read this letter and i hope our pertition will help you decide the outcome for these horses.
Some pictures i would like to share with you.
a pony killed cause it has been outgrown! could it of had a life with some other family???? Legislation states that heavily pregnant animals may not be transported. let alone killed!Also injured horses are left laying on the ground for nearly an hour before their suffering ends, is this right?
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/pr_horse/ALL/1662//
All this was filmed as well
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xJMoyh57XOU
Please watch and read these links as it might help in your discision
We signed the "Put An End To British Horses Being Slaughter NOW" petition!
# 704:
8:34 am PDT, May 17,
Karina Soerensen, Denmark
# 703:
5:25 am PDT, May 17,
Alicia Brutsche, France
# 702:
5:24 am PDT, May 17,
Jean-guy Brutsche, France
# 701:
5:22 am PDT, May 17,
Alice Jools, France
# 700:
2:04 am PDT, May 17,
Roisin Shanahan, Ireland
# 699:
1:38 am PDT, May 17,
Pierpaolo De Gobbi, Italy
# 698:
1:03 am PDT, May 17,
Sissy Mac Neil, Canada
This is vile.There is no need to treat these beautiful animals in this way.Put an end to this barbaric slaughter now.
This is vile.There is no need to treat these beautiful animals in this way.Put an end to this barbaric slaughter now.
It turns my stomach.
# 697:
2:32 pm PDT, May 16,
Patrizia Fiorentini, Italy
# 696:
10:11 am PDT, May 16,
Melissa Conrad, Utah
# 695:
7:34 am PDT, May 16,
Kerry White, United Kingdom
# 694:
4:36 am PDT, May 16,
Yasiu Kruszynski, Poland
# 693:
4:24 am PDT, May 16,
Eveline Erfolg, Israel
# 692:
9:13 pm PDT, May 15,
Karla Fischer, New York
I thought the UK treated their horses royally. Nothing royal about this barbaric practice.
I thought the UK treated their horses royally. Nothing royal about this barbaric practice.
When I read news about horse slaughter in any country, I do all I can to help end it.
# 691:
6:10 pm PDT, May 15,
Karen Pearlman, California
# 690:
9:48 am PDT, May 14,
Lara Mahdessian, South Africa
# 689:
8:35 am PDT, May 14,
Celia Vera-Cruz, Oregon
# 688:
8:13 am PDT, May 14,
Menna Awad, Egypt
# 687:
12:57 am PDT, May 14,
Katrin Finsterbusch, Germany
# 686:
11:19 pm PDT, May 13,
Andrew Strauss, Oregon
# 685:
8:12 pm PDT, May 13,
Ashley Barham, North Carolina
# 684:
7:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Danielle Masek, Illinois
# 683:
5:55 pm PDT, May 13,
Elaine Meyer, Ohio
# 682:
4:42 pm PDT, May 13,
Dalit Rabinovitch, Israel
Please put an end to this cruel and barbaric practice! It has no place in a corrected western society! These beautiful animals deserve better from us. What ever happened to humaneness?!?! This is 2009!
Please put an end to this cruel and barbaric practice! It has no place in a corrected western society! These beautiful animals deserve better from us. What ever happened to humaneness?!?! This is 2009!
I am completely outraged at the lack of inhumanness the UK government is showing these beautiful animals! This is 2009, not 1899, or even 1959!
# 681:
11:51 pm PDT, May 12,
Erica Curtis, United Kingdom
# 680:
9:44 pm PDT, May 12,
Kim Larsen, Florida
# 679:
2:42 pm PDT, May 12,
Stephanie Danner, New Jersey
I think the slaughter of horses is wrong and should be stopped.
I think the slaughter of horses is wrong and should be stopped.
It makes me sick.
# 678:
11:05 am PDT, May 12,
Carina Nilsson, Sweden
# 677:
9:23 am PDT, May 12,
KELLY MACLAREN, Canada
# 676:
5:45 am PDT, May 12,
Adriana Elena Readinger, Venezuela
# 675:
3:20 am PDT, May 12,
Steve Mann, New Jersey
# 674:
3:19 am PDT, May 12,
Elisa Minakis, Canada
# 673:
2:11 am PDT, May 12,
Kirsten Gilroy, United Kingdom
There is no need in this day in age to slaughter horses for food. This is before you even go into the inhumanity & barabric nature of their slaughter. I get more & more amazed at why people still feel the need to stuff their faces with meat now that people are aware that slaughterhouses are barabric death places & animals have all the same feelings & emotions that humans are meant to have!!! In my ideal world people would be vegetarian/vegan, its the only way this world is going to survive!!!
There is no need in this day in age to slaughter horses for food. This is before you even go into the inhumanity & barabric nature of their slaughter. I get more & more amazed at why people still feel the need to stuff their faces with meat now that people are aware that slaughterhouses are barabric death places & animals have all the same feelings & emotions that humans are meant to have!!! In my ideal world people would be vegetarian/vegan, its the only way this world is going to survive!!!
I cannot believe that mankind seems to be getting more cruel. Its all about the money now. Palm Oil trees, doesn't matter that we are wiping out a species. Now its horses, I never thought that this country would resort to slaughtering horses for the european market. We really need to sort out right from wrong & remove momey from the equations as its just clouding things... Close ALL slaughterhouses. Go vegetarian.
# 672:
1:54 am PDT, May 12,
Mary Brett, United Kingdom
# 671:
1:34 am PDT, May 12,
Lorii He, Mexico
# 670:
11:32 pm PDT, May 11,
Magdalena Rokiel, Poland
# 669:
11:29 pm PDT, May 11,
Carys Jones, Canada
# 668:
7:09 pm PDT, May 11,
Helen Forsythe, United Kingdom
Horses are beautiful creatures, to be treated with contempt is so wrong, I'm ashamed that this is happening in the UK - PLEASE STOP THE BLOODY SLAUGHTER.
Horses are beautiful creatures, to be treated with contempt is so wrong, I'm ashamed that this is happening in the UK - PLEASE STOP THE BLOODY SLAUGHTER.
I'm sickened at the fact that the world carries on regardless of such brutal cruelty and torturous suffering, it's unacceptable. We have the power to make a difference, people please start campaigning for all animals worldwide - never silence the voice of the voiceless.
# 667:
1:36 pm PDT, May 11,
Christina Maniaci, Ohio
# 666:
9:11 am PDT, May 11,
Sophia Papadohatzaki, Greece
# 665:
7:54 am PDT, May 11,
SANDRA ROCHA, Portugal
# 664:
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7:28 am PDT, May 11,
Cassie Love, New York
I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS TO THEIR BEST FRIENDS THE HORSES, FIRST YOU LOVE THEM AND CARE FOR THEM, THEN YOU LET THEM END UP LIKE THIS, IF YOU LOVE SOMEONE, YOU DON T LET THEM END UP LIKE THIS, THINK OF THE TERROR AND THE UTTER DISTRESS THE ANIMALS ARE EXPERIENCING, THEY USED TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND, ABOLISH THIS HORRIBLE PRACTICE AT ONCE,MR, MINISTER FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IN GREAT BRITAIN, cassie love BAD |
# 663:
6:33 am PDT, May 11,
Sam Carpenter, United Kingdom
# 662:
7:39 pm PDT, May 10,
Morgan Griffith, California
The practice of horse slaughter for human consumption is one of great concern. This noble animal gives their all for the human who continually betrays them. We are winning the fight against horse slaughter in the US. shame on you UK for participating in this barbarity
The practice of horse slaughter for human consumption is one of great concern. This noble animal gives their all for the human who continually betrays them. We are winning the fight against horse slaughter in the US. shame on you UK for participating in this barbarity
# 661:
5:37 pm PDT, May 10,
Roberto Angarita Vargas, Colombia
# 660:
2:01 pm PDT, May 10,
Tatiana Costa, Brazil
# 659:
12:51 pm PDT, May 10,
Jennifer Smith, Texas
STOP THE SLAUGHTERING OF HORSES!!!!! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!! IT'S CRUEL, INHUMANE, AND UNNESSESSARY!!
STOP THE SLAUGHTERING OF HORSES!!!!! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!! IT'S CRUEL, INHUMANE, AND UNNESSESSARY!!
# 658:
9:34 am PDT, May 10,
Nicole Puiia, Maine
# 657:
6:21 am PDT, May 10,
Cindy Bushway, Florida
# 656:
7:04 pm PDT, May 9,
Deborah Beynon, Florida
# 655:
6:42 pm PDT, May 9,
Juraj Wishvader, Slovakia
# 654:
3:51 pm PDT, May 9,
Nickie King, United Kingdom
# 653:
3:48 pm PDT, May 9,
Pamela Check, California
I am appalled and disgusted that the United Kingdom would allow such a thing. How can life be treated so cheaply? Exposing children to such horrors; the perpetrators should go through this "abattoir" themselves. Abattoir is such a flattering word for inhumane butchery. No one, in any part of the world, should be allowed to perform such attrocities. What year is this?
I am appalled and disgusted that the United Kingdom would allow such a thing. How can life be treated so cheaply? Exposing children to such horrors; the perpetrators should go through this "abattoir" themselves. Abattoir is such a flattering word for inhumane butchery. No one, in any part of the world, should be allowed to perform such attrocities. What year is this?
It makes me want to vomit.
# 652:
2:49 pm PDT, May 9,
Name not displayed, New York
# 651:
9:30 am PDT, May 9,
Carolina Martinez, Spain
