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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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Horses legally seized at Correggio (RE) - action to save them from slaughter
17/06/2020 - A man had brought them down from France as ‘sports horses’ and had taken them to the abattoir as animals for slaughter, having himself doctored their passports.
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IHP: Sonny Richichi reconfirmed as president
15/06/2020 - On Saturday 13 June an Extraordinary General Meeting was held via videoconference, to establish a new board of directors following the resignations of Ilaria Castellani, Elisa Munafò and Agnese Santi.
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Endurance: horse euthanised after fracturing a fetlock - banned painkillers found in autopsy
11/06/2020 - Castlebar Contraband died on 15 October 2016, but the incident was brought to the public eye only a few days ago, following a sentence handed down by the FEI (Federazione Equestre Internazionale).
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Horse racing: another horse dies on the trotting racecourse
09/06/2020 - In the wake of Aramist (4 years old) on 26 May, and Billionaire Glory (3 years old) on 1 June, yesterday it was the turn of Zufolo Grif, just 5 years old, to lose his life on the racetrack, this time in Follonica (GR), the same hippodrome where another horse, Bianco E Nero, was euthanised following a broken leg in a fall in a flatrace.
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NaEPF helps horses
08/06/2020 - Special thanks to the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation for their generous donation to IHP, that will help us deal with the COVID-19 emergency.
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