Meramist Abattoir

• Horse slaughter: irresponsibility and hypocrisy on all sides have brought us here

  Saturday 19 Oct 2019 by Calla Wahlquist (The Guardian)

  The public recoils, although sheep and cows are killed in identical fashion. But the racing industry has a serious case to answer too. Read more >

• Biosecurity officers to investigate alleged cruelty to horses at Queensland abbatoir

  Friday 18 Oct 2019 by (SBS News)

  Racing Australia chief executive Barry O'Farrell says he was shocked by footage of retired racehorses being slaughtered. Read more >

• Queensland government blames horse owners for abattoir cruelty scandal

  Friday 18 Oct 2019 by Stuart Layt (Brisbane Times)

  The former racehorses killed in appalling conditions in an abattoir north of Brisbane appear to have fallen through the jurisdictional cracks, with multiple agencies claiming they were not responsible for their welfare. Read more >

• Abattoir At Centre Of Horse Slaughter Scandal Subject To Investigation

  Friday 18 Oct 2019 by Antoinette Lattouf (10 Daily)

  A Queensland abattoir at the centre of the horse slaughter scandal is now the target of an investigation after an ABC 7:30 report showed confronting footage of ex-racehorses being killed. Read more >

• Hundreds of ex-racing horses 'slaughtered in three weeks'

  Friday 18 Oct 2019 by John Ellicott (The Land)

  The ABC has revealed many registered racehorses have been sent to slaughter in NSW after retirement even though it is against the rules of racing in the state and tens of millions of dollars has been spent on rehoming retired racehorses. Read more >

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