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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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5 CORAZONES, the documentary about the equine slaughter and the export of horse meat in Argentina
30/09/2020 - "5 Corazones" is the name of the original documentary film by Posibl. which reveals the cruel reality that horses suffer in Argentina, through an investigation of more than 3 years that shows a network of millionaire businesses and complicities in the business of equine slaughter and the export of horse meat to European countries.
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France: horses tortured, mutilated and killed. A macabre thriller
02/09/2020 - The news hit the world headlines in the past few weeks, but it seems that sadistic episodes involving horses, donkeys and ponies have been going on since 2018 in various parts of France
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Correggio: Four horses facing slaughter now saved
31/08/2020 - The custody of the four horses that had been illegally taken to a slaughterhouse in Correggio, in the province of Reggio Emilia, was handed over to IHP.
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Tourist Carriages - Caserta: horse collapses to the ground and dies
21/08/2020 - 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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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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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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