NZ: Citizens taking their opposition to racing Govt bailout to the streets

Press Release. Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses. New Zealand 15th July 2020 Citizens against the New Zealand government's racing industry bailout will take their message to the streets this Saturday. "We will have teams in Wellington and Whanganui taking a stand against the governments $72.5 million bailout to prop up animal cruelty and gambling"…

Where are 3,000 horses going each year CPR asks NZ Thoroughbred racing

PRESS RELEASE | COALITION FOR THE PROTECTION OF RACEHORSES (27 May 2020) — The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) have compiled a report on the number of thoroughbred horses vanishing from New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) each year and the numbers are staggering. Read here. In January 2020, NZTR issued a complaint against the…

Anger at Winston Peters’ $72.5 million bail out package leads to petition against Gov’t funding of racing industry

STUFF.CO.NZ | by Matt Kermeen (May 24, 2020) — As the racing industry continues to toast a mega-million dollar financial shot in the arm, New Zealand animal welfare groups are outraged, shocked and angry over the taxpayer-funded bailout. So much so, the Coalition for The Protection of Racehorses has started a petition it plans to send to Prime Minister Jacinda…

Three horses “jump” to their deaths within two hours of one another

CROSS-POSTED FROM HORSERACINGWRONGS.COM by Patrick Buttuello Please be sure to watch the video linked to at the end of this post. Ellerslie Racecourse (New Zealand) ran four "jumps" races Monday. One horse was killed in three of the four. Yes, that's three dead animals in four races: 5-year-old Tu Meta Peta in the 1st, 6-year-old…

Time is galloping on for Wild Kaimanawa Horses; removal earlier than expected

Kaimanawa Heritage Horses Welfare Society (KHH) Press Release NEW ZEALAND Thursday, 17 March 2016, 12:29 pm --- The Kaimanawa Heritage Horses Welfare Society (KHH) is reeling from the unexpected news that the biennial Department of Conservation muster of Kaimanawa horses, has been brought forward to the end of April, this year. “The musters [roundups] have…

Filly 7/8, bred for racing and sold for dog food becomes fine dining

Horse slaughter is something every horse racing nation seems to have in common, yet not one of them -- even Ireland where horses are as iconic as the shamrock -- seem willing to take the steps necessary to end it. This is a story from the New Zealand Herald News of a horse bred for…

Horse slaughter image posted by NZ teen on Facebook sparks outrage

WARNING: Graphic image. When we first came across this story, we ignored it not wanting to be part of the sensationalism. On further reflection, we decided to go ahead and post about this story. There is a lesson to be learned here. Yes, it is disgusting for a teenager to post an image of a…