Inquiry as race industry scrambles to deal with slaughter story

John Ellicott
Updated October 24 2019 - 9:15pm, first published 10:05am
Some of the comments on The Land's Facebook site from readers reacting to the ABC horse slaughter report. The horses above were successfully rehomed by RacingNSW.
Some of the comments on The Land's Facebook site from readers reacting to the ABC horse slaughter report. The horses above were successfully rehomed by RacingNSW.

An inquiry has been set-up into to the welfare of racehorses in Queensland and also an investigation into the treatment of horses at an abattoir in Queensland as the racing industry tried to deal with an expose of racehorse slaughter that affected all states.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

senior journalist

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