Call on the Australian government to put a stop to horse slaughter in Australia
- Target:
- Australian government
- Region:
- Australia
Horse slaughter is wrong in so many ways, in no way is it humane. According to the Federal Government Department of Agriculture around 40,000 horses are slaughtered for human consumption each year.
One slaughter house alone confirmed verbally that they process an average of 700 horses per week (48 weeks per year) which is 33,600 horses. The second slaughter house for human consumption in Australia would not comment but is approximately the same size. This does not include horses killed for pet food.
Please know that this is a cruel thing to do and it needs to be STOPPED!
We call on the Australian government to put a stop to horse slaughter in Australia.
According to the Federal Government Department of Agriculture around 40,000 horses are slaughtered for human consumption each year. Up until now, horse meat for human consumption was destined for overseas markets such as Japan and Europe. One slaughter house alone confirmed verbally that they process an average of 700 horses per week (48 weeks per year) which is 33,600 horses.
The second slaughter house for human consumption in Australia would not comment but is approximately the same size. This does not include horses killed for pet food.There are 2 abattoirs in Australia licensed to kill and export horse meat for human consumption along with 33 licensed knackery’s and we have estimated that well over 100,000 horses are slaughtered each year. These animals are subjected to long sometime interstate transporting to one of the two licensed abattoirs in Australia who kill horses for human consumption without rest, food or water, not to mention the state of the horses in sale yards, the transportation issues and treatment in knackery’s of horses killed for pet food.
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The Call on the Australian government to put a stop to horse slaughter in Australia petition to Australian government was written by georgia and is in the category Animal Rights at GoPetition.