8 Quick Actions to Take for Horses

Horses are sensitive, social animals who naturally live in herds. They need sufficient exercise as well as appropriate food, fresh water, regular care, and veterinary treatment. When cared for properly and given adequate space, horses can live for 35 years or longer. However, many horses don’t have even their basic needs met and suffer terribly when exploited for human gain.

Forced to carry heavy loads until they collapse from exhaustion, fatally injured in deadly races, sent to abattoirs to become cheap meat, or drained of their blood for drug manufacturing – these are just a few examples of the ways horses are currently suffering around the world.

Take Action for Horses Now

Help put a stop to the cruel exploitation of horses by taking these six quick actions.

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Urge South Korean Racing Industry to End Abuse and Killing of Unwanted Horses

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Jinkap Kim

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I just watched the K-Cruelty video released by PETA exposing the horrors at the Nonghyup abattoir in Jeju.  
 
 Investigators filmed some of the thousands of panicked horses cast off by the South Korean racing industry being beaten with poles – many of them in the face – as workers tried to force them into the abattoir. Some were killed in full view of their companions. These are violations of South Korea's Animal Protection Act.

Animal-behaviour expert Dr Temple Grandin reviewed the footage and condemned the practices documented. "The handling of the horses during truck unloading was not acceptable," she said. "Hitting a horse on the face is abusive."

I respectfully urge the KRA to stop supporting and promoting the horsemeat industry and to commit to developing a comprehensive retirement plan modelled on the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance in the US. If the KRA redirected just 0.5% of horse-racing wagers per year to equine retirement – a tiny fraction of the profit it makes off the backs of these horses – this would spare thousands of retired horses a hideous death.

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