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stop killing horses for 'oakbank races'
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      • oakbank racing club (oakbank racing club)
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      • greens bob brown
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  2. Created By
    narelle pederick
    adelaide, Australia
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in 2010 two horses died...this in 2011 one horse died......and this yr 2012 two horses died again!

thats five dead horses in 2 yrs!

according to the animal liberation south australia:

the risk to horses is unacceptable!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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stop killing horses for 'oakbank races'

Greetings,

Five horses have died in the last two yrs at oakbank racing club! Jumps racing kills horses and is unacceptable cruelty!

(below is an excerpt from the animal liberations website)

The risk to horses is unacceptable

RSPCA Australia as well as Animal Liberation SA is opposed to jumping races (steeplechasing and hurdling) because the rate of injury associated with these sports is unacceptable.

A Senate Select Committee on Animal Welfare in 1991 expressed concern about the danger of jumps racing (10):

" The Committee has serious concerns about the welfare of horses participating in jump races. These concerns are based on the significant probability of a horse suffering serious injury or even death as a result of participating in these events and, in particular, steeplechasing ."
The Committee concluded that there was an inherent conflict between animal welfare and jumps racing which could not be eliminated by improvement to jumps or racetracks. As a result the Committee concluded that state governments should phase out jumps racing.



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