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Olympian and his son mistreat a pony

04/08/2020 - Two videos show Leandro Aparecido da Silva, a 44-year-old dressage rider of the Brazilian Olympic team, and his son while they mistreat a pony "guilty" of biting his daughter.
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Greece bans horse slaughter

31/07/2020 - Sensational news that gives pause for thought in Italy Slaughter of horses for meat, skins, medicines, and various other products is now banned in Greece, as of 29 July 2020, bringing horses into line with legislation regarding dogs and cats.
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Argentina starts trials on hyperimmune equine serum to treat COVID-19

30/07/2020 - The serum is obtained by injecting a SARS-CoV-2 protein, which triggers an immune response in the animal’s body that generates a large amount of neutralising antibodies. Plasma is then extracted and used to treat people testing positive for COVID-19, stopping them from becoming ill: in short, this is the idea of a group of Argentine medical researchers.
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Trani, Puglia: senseless death of a horse. We are ready to report this

27/07/2020 - it seems a horse pulling a light 2-wheeled gig is said to have been frightened by a passing lorry causing it to bolt. It apparently put a foot into an open manhole, and crashed heavily into a lamppost.
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Tourist Carriages - Caserta: horse collapses to the ground and dies

21/07/2020 - A series of measures at various legal levels has been taken, following the tragic death of one of the tourist carriage horses in Caserta which simply fell to the ground on August 12th this year, at around midday on a very hot and muggy day.
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Horses found dead at Olbia following ferry journey: the facts must be clarified

20/07/2020 - In a statement sent to the Public Prosecutor c/o the Tribunale di Tempio Pausania, IHP lists a number of issues - including eye witness reports from passengers on the same ferry – asking for all those responsible to be identified.
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Ferry horror: four horses dead

15/07/2020 - Four horses were found dead inside a horsebox last Monday, immediately after the vehicle disembarked from the Moby ferry from Civitavecchia to Olbia. There were 9 horses in the horsebox destined to race at Chilivani racecourse.
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Palagonia (CT): horse dies on illegal racetrack

06/07/2020 - A horse died tragically at dawn yesterday, as it crashed into a ditch in the course of an illegal race intercepted by the Carabinieri, at Palagonia (Catania).
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EU: Imported horsemeat from cruel production and unclear origin

03/07/2020 - Numerous investigations over more than two years, repeated EU inspections since 2007 and reports of Australian authorities revealed non-compliance with, or non-equivalence to relevant EU requirements. Conditional suspensions of horsemeat imports from Mexico and Brazil have already been imposed, follow-ing EU audits in these countries
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Slaughter of horses for human consumption in Italy, 2019: a slight reduction in numbers, but the precise figures are by no means clear

26/06/2020 - Slaughter of horses for human consumption in Italy, 2019: a slight reduction in numbers, but the precise figures are by no means clear
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