Media Release:
The 500 horse carcasses reported today to be found at a property in Wagga Wagga NSW are likely to be racehorses said Elio Celotto, Campaign Director for Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses, who once again calls for a National Horse traceability Scheme.
“We recently received a tip from an eyewitness about an illegal knackery at a property in Wagga Wagga, which we believe must be the same property. The eyewitness confirmed that the majority of the approx. twenty horses kept in holding yards on the property at the time were racehorses,” Mr Celotto said.
“Racing NSW have banned racehorses from being sent directly to slaughter. However, this is just one example of the failure of the racing industry to protect the racehorses they claim they love.”
“We know approx. one third of racehorses are retired from racing every year. That’s 10,000 plus horses looking for new homes and the homes just aren’t out there. It is no surprise to us that they are being secretly killed en masse in places such as this illegal knackery. This is just the tip of the iceberg.”
“This wouldn’t have happened if we had a national horse traceability scheme that made every horse owner accountable for their horses,” Mr Celotto said.
CPR has been campaigning for a National Horse Traceability Scheme since 2019.
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