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The agony of horses in Argentina: shock inquiry reveals the tortures inflicted on animals before the slaughterhouse.
25/11/2020 - Gigantic heaps of dead horses, pits full of hungry colts whose mothers have just been slaughtered, atrocious suffering inflicted on the animals before they were cut to pieces in order to allocate their meat to the international trade, up to the plate of Italians. A terryfing level of mistreatment and atrocity
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IHP, sudden death of a mare. There have been 18 cases since 2018
17/11/2020 - Questa mattina Ola, cavalla di 26 anni, è morta improvvisamente al centro di recupero di IHP a Tignano (Volterra). La dinamica ricalca quella delle 17 morti di altrettanti animali che si sono susseguite dal 31 dicembre 2018 a oggi e rimaste ancora senza una spiegazione scientifica attendibile
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Coronavirus, l’assistenza ai cavalli può e deve essere garantita
13/11/2020 - coming soon
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Mafia and clandestine racing, the IHP appeal to Carabinieri and Prosecutor's office
11/11/2020 - Horses abused to death to bring money into the coffers of the mafia with clandestine races. The "Cesare" operation, conducted last night by the Carabinieri of Messina and coordinated by the DDA, dismantled a criminal group linked to the Galli mafia clan and raised the veil over a practice, that of illegal horse racing, which IHP has been denouncing for years
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Verona abolishes horse-drawn tourist carriages
05/11/2020 - In addition to this landmark abolition of horse drawn carriages for public use, and the ban on possession and use of exotic animals (including in circuses), plus the power given to the Mayor to ban people convicted of mistreatment or of killing animals from ever owning animals again, there are also several welfare rules governing pets, including rabbits.
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Cancelled Fieracavallli and various equestrian competitions
29/10/2020 - The restrictive measures adopted by the Italian Government at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic also provide for the prohibition of trade fairs and non-professional sports competitions. So here it is that Fieracavalli (scheduled in Verona from the 5th to the 8th and from the 13th to the 15th November) has been cancelled and with it the show jumping competitions at all levels that were scheduled during the fair, including some pony races and other side competitions.
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Appeals to redeem horses from slaughter
28/10/2020 - Today we speak to you about the appeals to redeem horses from slaughter: there are a lot of them circulating on social networks and we are reached daily by messages, e-mails and reports about them. We point out a few things.
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Canada shock: live horse transport to Japan, to go into sashimi
13/10/2020 - A monstrous practice which has been going on for some time notwithstanding protests from various Associations: protests which have intensified over the past few weeks.
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Illegal race intercepted by the Police in Palermo
10/10/2020 - This time the race was taking place at Parco della Favorita in Palermo where, besides the two horses with their sulky, there was a whole host of people - at least 100 - with motorbikes and cars
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Palermo – IHP makes a formal cruelty complaint
05/10/2020 - In the letter, sent by certified email, we ask for a report on the condition of all the horses used in the tourist horse-drawn carriage business, in order to identify the one in the photo, which we hope to get legally seized. We have also asked for the conditions in which all the horses used for the carriages are kept which, from other reports from members of the public, we suspect are not up to the legally-set standards.
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