Put An End To British Horse 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.
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.
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.
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.
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# 1,508:
7:25 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Maisie Jordan, United Kingdom
# 1,507:
8:50 am PDT, Sep 3,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
I can’t believe this still happens – it’s barbaric. It’s time our government, MP’s, councillors etc stood up and fought for our beliefs – have they forgotten that’s what they were elected for and that’s what they are supposed to be paid for?
I can’t believe this still happens – it’s barbaric. It’s time our government, MP’s, councillors etc stood up and fought for our beliefs – have they forgotten that’s what they were elected for and that’s what they are supposed to be paid for?
# 1,506:
9:51 am PDT, Sep 2,
Derick F., Canada
# 1,505:
8:51 am PDT, Sep 2,
Camille Marino, Florida
# 1,504:
4:57 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Florida
yes horse slaughter is defently need 2 be baned ive seen way to many videos with it and im sick and tired of this going on and it needs 2 be stoped.most people wish it gone but it will not end till people like YOU step in and help do what ever u can sigh patitions.send letters to the rep,pres,gov.etc adopt a horse going or in slaughter.just do what ever make u feel good and that u know u made a defrence.im geten every one i can to help but its going to take more than 10 or 20 people get every one u know and they know and so forth to sighn and send letters.and help end this pain .i have horses 4 sale and i dread it cause im afraid of them going threw it so if u sell a horse get the buyers back ground and make them know that this horse is going to be sold to a good home only and if u care go visist the horse tell him/her u eather want pics and videos of the horse every so often and or want to come see him/her every so often.thanks 4 reading and help make a defrence
yes horse slaughter is defently need 2 be baned ive seen way to many videos with it and im sick and tired of this going on and it needs 2 be stoped.most people wish it gone but it will not end till people like YOU step in and help do what ever u can sigh patitions.send letters to the rep,pres,gov.etc adopt a horse going or in slaughter.just do what ever make u feel good and that u know u made a defrence.im geten every one i can to help but its going to take more than 10 or 20 people get every one u know and they know and so forth to sighn and send letters.and help end this pain .i have horses 4 sale and i dread it cause im afraid of them going threw it so if u sell a horse get the buyers back ground and make them know that this horse is going to be sold to a good home only and if u care go visist the horse tell him/her u eather want pics and videos of the horse every so often and or want to come see him/her every so often.thanks 4 reading and help make a defrence
# 1,503:
2:19 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Sandy Valencour, Washington
OH MY GOD!!! ARE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY?
OH MY GOD!!! ARE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY?
# 1,502:
11:08 am PDT, Aug 31,
Krystyna Postawa, Poland
# 1,501:
9:21 am PDT, Aug 31,
Cherida Hivale, India
That this happens in a civilised country is even scarier. Is there any species we have spared?
That this happens in a civilised country is even scarier. Is there any species we have spared?
# 1,500:
7:24 am PDT, Aug 31,
Verstraete Cecile, France
# 1,499:
10:37 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Hilary Carlen, United Kingdom
# 1,498:
8:38 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Jenae Clark, Australia
This needs to stop asap
This needs to stop asap
# 1,497:
5:09 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Judith Barber, United Kingdom
whats the harm in humainly putting these animals to sleep or shot properly. sick ********
whats the harm in humainly putting these animals to sleep or shot properly. sick ********
# 1,496:
3:13 am PDT, Aug 28,
Martina Nikele, Germany
# 1,495:
2:36 am PDT, Aug 28,
Brenda Piccichè, Italy
# 1,494:
10:37 am PDT, Aug 27,
Name not displayed, Austria
# 1,493:
11:28 am PDT, Aug 26,
Teresa Mason, California
Please stop this horrific crime of violence and murder!What is wrong with you people killing a sacred beauty, a gift from mother earth?Have you no soul?No heart?Where is the compassion on this planet?????Anumpeshi
Please stop this horrific crime of violence and murder!What is wrong with you people killing a sacred beauty, a gift from mother earth?Have you no soul?No heart?Where is the compassion on this planet?????Anumpeshi
# 1,492:
10:55 am PDT, Aug 26,
Jessie Cross, Italy
# 1,491:
5:58 am PDT, Aug 26,
Dana Kucinski, United Kingdom
# 1,490:
9:24 am PDT, Aug 25,
Name not displayed, France
La cruauté n'a vraiment pas de limite! Avez-vous un coeur??
La cruauté n'a vraiment pas de limite! Avez-vous un coeur??
# 1,489:
11:41 am PDT, Aug 24,
Annabelle TAUBENBERGER, France
# 1,488:
8:28 am PDT, Aug 23,
Pley Nicole, France
L'Angleterre pays d'Europe, soit disant pays civilisé et qui agit comme un pays peuplé de barbares! Changez vos méthodes soyez plus humains!
L'Angleterre pays d'Europe, soit disant pays civilisé et qui agit comme un pays peuplé de barbares! Changez vos méthodes soyez plus humains!
# 1,487:
5:39 am PDT, Aug 23,
Odette Chauve, France
# 1,486:
2:04 am PDT, Aug 23,
Jean-Frédéric Marrot, France
# 1,485:
3:45 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Carole BELLEUDY, France
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3:43 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Odile HECKMANN, France
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6:48 am PDT, Aug 22,
Joy Jaffe, Florida
# 1,482:
1:37 am PDT, Aug 22,
Asli Gedik, Germany
For more impact, add a personal comment here
For more impact, add a personal comment here
# 1,481:
7:19 am PDT, Aug 21,
Neslihan Gedik, Turkey
# 1,480:
11:31 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Rose Griffin, New York
# 1,479:
6:48 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Nancy Unger, Oregon
# 1,478:
1:16 pm PDT, Aug 18,
Erik Sjodin, Sweden
# 1,477:
3:48 pm PDT, Aug 14,
Anne Seidel, Germany
# 1,476:
11:34 am PDT, Aug 14,
Julia Grant, United Kingdom
This is too horrible to think about and really upsets me and that's without scrolling down to look at the photos as I know I'd give myself nightmares and end up in tears.
This is too horrible to think about and really upsets me and that's without scrolling down to look at the photos as I know I'd give myself nightmares and end up in tears.
# 1,475:
8:21 am PDT, Aug 14,
Melissa Gray, Florida
# 1,474:
5:59 am PDT, Aug 14,
JO ANN FERGUSON, Nevada
This type of behavior is not acceptable. What has this world come to?
This type of behavior is not acceptable. What has this world come to?
# 1,473:
12:10 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Ellaine Janicki, Connecticut
# 1,472:
1:40 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Jackie Alton, United Kingdom
# 1,471:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 10,
Tracey Cassels, United Kingdom
i cant belive what i have seen its so sad that this happens in this day and age when we are supposed to love horses
i cant belive what i have seen its so sad that this happens in this day and age when we are supposed to love horses
# 1,470:
4:31 am PDT, Aug 9,
Pavla Sudrichova, Czech Republic
# 1,469:
1:18 pm PDT, Aug 7,
Judith Gunn, United Kingdom
# 1,468:
11:28 am PDT, Aug 6,
Taofoundation The Animal Orphanage, Belgium
# 1,467:
8:26 pm PDT, Aug 5,
Amber McEwen, Washington
I cannot beleive people are so barbaric! This is insane. It must stop immediatly.. Shame on you!
I cannot beleive people are so barbaric! This is insane. It must stop immediatly.. Shame on you!
# 1,466:
2:17 pm PDT, Aug 5,
Grizzly Duke ANIMALLOVER, California
this is brutal and sickening to look at or if your in the business to watch it happen!!! my effin gosh how in the he$$l do people come up with such HORRIFFIC ways to hurt an innocent living animal?
this is brutal and sickening to look at or if your in the business to watch it happen!!! my effin gosh how in the he$$l do people come up with such HORRIFFIC ways to hurt an innocent living animal?
# 1,465:
1:44 am PDT, Aug 5,
Alexandra SUSINI, France
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3:02 pm PDT, Aug 4,
Sande Waybill, Australia
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11:42 am PDT, Aug 4,
Kaytie Irvine, California
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10:10 am PDT, Aug 4,
Honeysucklebarb Liebowitz, New Jersey
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9:04 am PDT, Aug 4,
LJ Design, Rhode Island
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12:51 pm PDT, Aug 3,
Katherine Williams, Canada
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1:24 am PDT, Aug 3,
Marie-Rose HECKMANN, France
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6:31 am PDT, Aug 1,
Chantal Chavassieux, France
# 1,456:
8:22 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Leanne Costantino, California
THOSE WHO KILL SHALL ONE DAY REGRET THEIR CRIME. THE BLOOD OF THE LOST NEVER WASHES CLEAN.
THOSE WHO KILL SHALL ONE DAY REGRET THEIR CRIME. THE BLOOD OF THE LOST NEVER WASHES CLEAN.
# 1,455:
3:20 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Annie Bertrand, France
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5:12 am PDT, Jul 31,
Rani Hasper, Thailand
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2:25 am PDT, Jul 31,
Andrée Hussard, France
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1:13 am PDT, Jul 31,
Geneviève Pieroni, France
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12:30 am PDT, Jul 31,
Jean-damien SUSINI, France
