Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

(asked on 5th September 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many racehorses were slaughtered in abattoirs in Britain in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 12th September 2016

Information on the types of horses slaughtered in abattoirs in Great Britain is not recorded. The total numbers of horses slaughtered in Great Britain for that period are as follows:

Year

No. Horses Slaughtered

2013-14

4,770

2014-15

4,008

2015-16

3,653

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