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Horse Racing: 180 Another horse died at Aintree yesterday. The number of deaths in racing in the past year is now For the first time, the authorities in charge of the sport have revealed to the 'IoS' the true cost of racing
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Horse racing authorities refuse to make public the details of
which horses die on which courses, but The Independent on Sunday can
reveal that there have been around 180 deaths in the past year.
Tyneandthyneagain died during the Grand National yesterday after
falling at the first fence. It was the second casualty of this year's
meeting at Aintree, the first having been Terivic, which fell and
broke its back on Friday at the notorious Bechers Brook fence. The
shocking death toll at the...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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RACED to DEATH; EXCLUSIVE pets AND THEIR people Horror for 375 horses a year.(Features)
The People (London, England)
; Byline: By MATT GLASS A SHOCKING 375 racehorses are flogged to death every year in the desperate pursuit of glory. Many die during or after a race from broken legs, backs and pelvises, heart attacks or burst blood vessels, says charity Animal Aid. Others suffer years of neglect at stud or are sent
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Shot for the French butcher's shop ... the shocking fate of the pony a British child no longer wants to ride; meat'. Stephen Potter, who operatesProduction-line death: A pony that almost certainly belonged to a child meets its fate at Potter's abattoir. Picture by Animal Aid.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: Sean Poulter THE slaughterman precariously balances a rifle against the small greypony's head. Seconds later a shot rings out, the pony flails on the ground andis then winched on to a production line. This is the reality of the slaughter and butchering of thousands of unwantedriding ponies
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Horses not 'disposable'.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ANIMAL Aid doesn't argue that horses or ponies who are grievously sickor at the end of their natural lives shouldn't be humanely put down (Letters)and I know of a number of people who have called on a vet to have their horsesput down in situ, without the job being 'botched'. What our investigation
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pets AND THEIR people: HORRIFIC TOLL OF THE FALLEN; EXCLUSIVE Revealed: 375 horses raced to death a year.(Features)
The People (London, England)
; ... has kept count of the animals killed during or after a race. The toll is 91 so far and 93 horses have disappeared . Dene said: News rarely gets out about horses who die. The British Horseracing Authority skim over it or bombard you with confusing statistics ...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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MIDLAND & NATIONAL: Anger as horses die at Festival.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; Byline: By Jennifer Sym A horse died in the final race at the Cheltenham Festival yesterday, bringing the total number of animals killed in this year's event to nine, organisers confirmed last night. Buck Whaley became the latest victim at the racecourse, falling at the end of the four-day festival
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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BOFFINS CHOKED HORSES IN TEST; Animal charity's fury.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ANIMAL activists have blasted a research centre for carrying out cruel experiments on horses. They claim scientists locked 13 horses in dusty stables, fed them mouldy hay, then forced them to wear air- tight face masks. The animals suffered severe coughing, nasal discharge and lung inflammation.
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from ENGLISH PADDOCK to French plate; As Gordon Ramsay backs eating horse meat, we reveal how thousands of retired British race horses are slaughtered and sent to the dining tables of France ...
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: TOM RAWSTORNE AT a restaurant in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, a group of 20 impeccably dressed young men and women are seated at an oval dining table. There are half a dozen bottles of red wine being passed around as a brace of surefooted waiters carry in a silver platter bearing a
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Why this so-called Sport of Kings makes sick to my stomach ; INEVITABLE TRAGEDY: McKelvey falls at the 20th and although he tries to recover, his back is broken. He was later shot. Inset left: The party atmosphere DEADLY GAMBLE: Horses tackling the formidable Becher's Brook in this year's race.
The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ... diagnosedwith a broken back, a screen goes up and he is destroyed on the spot. The fatality barely warranted a mention on the Radio 4 news. Even more shamefulwas the way BBC2 glossed over it. As Andrew Tyler, director of Animal Aid, toldme later: 'The BBC routinely ...
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Ponies 'die in scientific research' for race horses
The Independent - London
; GREG WOOD Racing Reporter The horse racing industry regularly funds scientific research which results in the death and suffering of Welsh mountain ponies, animal rights protesters will allege in a report to be published next week. Animal Aid, citing scientific reports in veterinary journals, will
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NATIONAL DISGRACE? Every year 160 magnificent horses die jumping fences ... some are likely to perish today. Is the hard truth that the race millions love is part of a culture of cruelty which should shame this nation of animal lovers?
Daily Mail
; THEY killed the horse called Architect in the afternoon. Just before teatime, Liverpool vet John Burgess put a .320 calibre pistol to the four-year- old hurdler's forehead and sent a bullet through his brain and spinal cord. The gun's silencer did its job. There was a only a muffled bang from
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