HORSES SAVED FROM BEING SLAUGHTERED

TWELVE horses, which were transported in horrific conditions from Spain to a 'fattening farm ' in France and were due to be sent back on another tortuous journey to Italy to slaughtered, have been saved - and one of them arrived in Findon, West Sussex on Tuesday.
By The Newsroom
Published 31st Jul 2007, 19:19 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:26 BST

LE Fun, an eight-year-old bay gelding, has been saved by Melissa Oligario of Findon. Other horses in the shipment included two pregnant mares who were also due for slaughter.

They have all been saved by members of a discussion group on www.intelligenthorsemanship.co.uk after information about one particular fattening farm was put on line.

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Melissa had regularly been reading correspondence on the site, which is run by horse whisperer Monty Roberts and Kelly Marks.

Melissa said:"I was horrified when I saw what was happening with these horses. They are sent on a long journey to France because there is no grass to fatten them on in Spain. There were no partitions in the lorry and mares in foal and other horses and foals, were transported with stallions.

"They particularly take mares in foal because they weigh more and they are paid by the kilo and are reported to taste better. The journey back to Italy is a three day trip, in cramped conditions with little water. When the first rescued horses came back here recently, the driver brought a donkey back himself because he was so upset about the situation."

The discussion group is keen to take action to halt the long distance transportation for slaughter in Europe. This is a campaign that the International League for the Protection of Horses has been committed to for many years.

For full story, see West Sussex Gazette Aug 1

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