Meramist Abattoir

Saturday 19 Oct 2019 by Calla Wahlquist (The Guardian)

The public recoils, although sheep and cows are killed in identical fashion. But the racing industry has a serious case to answer too. Read more >

Friday 18 Oct 2019 by (SBS News)

Racing Australia chief executive Barry O'Farrell says he was shocked by footage of retired racehorses being slaughtered. Read more >

Friday 18 Oct 2019 by Stuart Layt (Brisbane Times)

The former racehorses killed in appalling conditions in an abattoir north of Brisbane appear to have fallen through the jurisdictional cracks, with multiple agencies claiming they were not responsible for their welfare. Read more >

Friday 18 Oct 2019 by Antoinette Lattouf (10 Daily)

A Queensland abattoir at the centre of the horse slaughter scandal is now the target of an investigation after an ABC 7:30 report showed confronting footage of ex-racehorses being killed. Read more >

Friday 18 Oct 2019 by John Ellicott (The Land)

The ABC has revealed many registered racehorses have been sent to slaughter in NSW after retirement even though it is against the rules of racing in the state and tens of millions of dollars has been spent on rehoming retired racehorses. Read more >

Friday 18 Oct 2019 by Sarah Keoghan (Sydney Morning Herald)

Racing Australia chief executive Barry O'Farrell has said prosecutions "should, and I suspect will occur" following ABC's 7.30 investigation into the treatment of racehorses. Read more >

Thursday 17 Oct 2019 by Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Amy Donaldson (ABC News)

Hundreds of registered racehorses are being discarded at slaughterhouses in Australia, in contravention of racing rules, rehoming policies and animal welfare guarantees. Read more >