News Channel 5 Nashville reports:
Horses from Three Angels Farms are transferred from collapsed trailer on I-440 south of Nashville. The trailer was on the way to slaughter house in Mexico, police say. The driver received multiple citations. This is the second accident this year involving horses being trucked to slaughter by Dorian Ayache’s Three Angels Farm in Lebanon. Source image.
- NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Following a truck inspection, the driver of a tractor trailer carrying horses that buckled on a local interstate, causing one of the horses to be put down, has been issued several misdemeanor citations.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol cited 42-year-old Scott E. York for operating a commercial vehicle without a commercial driver license (CDL), no commercial tag, log book violation, brake violation, defective tire and unsafe operations.
York was driving the trailer carrying 37 horses from Three Angels Farm to Texas when it buckled on its own.
Horses surviving the crash were transferred to another trailer and later continued on their journey to slaughter.
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– Trucker exposes Three Angels slaughter monger Dorian Ayache for horse cruelty, Tuesday’s Horse, Jan. 21, 2012
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The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has ruled that Three Angels Farm can no longer transport animals due to their numerous violations and threat to public safety
A small victory for horses.Thanks to the continued follow up by newsreporters in Tn.