Deathwatch is what they call it

[racinggirluk]

I had to pop onto Animal Aid, (they was in town, pushing there luck, so I had to email them) and came accross this http://www.horsedeathwatch.com/ and this is a list of all horses killed in action this year….
I hope this helps to those who want to know where they went

[pilgarlic]

Well it`s as well to be aware of these losses and to be aware of patterns in equine racing deaths. Unfortunately Animal Aid refuse to make any distinction between animals being routinely abused and those who have fallen into loving hands and meeting their sad but usually vey humane ends. How may wild mammals would have veterinary care on hand to prevent slow and painful deaths?

[racinggirluk]

It clearly states on the page, they was killed in action, has the courses are named along with the injury

[cormack15]

I think any ‘horse-loving’ website where you can ‘search’ for fatalities by jockey, course or going needs to take a long, cold look at itself. Perhaps they should publish figures on the difference between racing related injuries/deaths and general horse fatalities/injuries.

I am in general favour of any activity/organisation which genuinely does work to encourage animal welfare. However I’d baulk at giving money to any organisation which used my donations to set up such a misguided website, gauranteed to appeal only to cranks and fanatics. Right and fair minded individuals (the type they really need to bring on-side) will be turned off by such crass sensationalism.

They also need to develop an understandng of the industry they are attcking. They come across as naive and unknowledgable.

[TheCheekster]

They also need to develop an understandng of the industry they are attcking. They come across as naive and unknowledgable.

C, Animal Aid are well known to be unreasonable nutcases. I went on their site once to find a photo of a horse ‘falling to its death in the grand national’. The horse was Escartifigue, who never even fell, and was still running in points years later!
This site interests me, a registered charity. I dont know if they get any funding off the ROR, but ill be damn angry if I find out any percentage of my entry fees makes their way to them. Click for the page ‘ends up on a french dinner plate’.
They have also rang me up, offering their services for recuperation/box rest etc.
Do they really think they are going to be supported by anyone in the racing industry if they are known to have links with associations like this?
http://www.midlandracehorsecarecentre.org.uk/

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