Equine Slaughterhouses (CCTV) — [Mrs Anne Main in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:05 pm on 29 November 2016.

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Photo of James Gray James Gray Conservative, North Wiltshire 3:05, 29 November 2016

That is, of course, correct, but it applies only to the tiny proportion of horses that go to the slaughterhouse. That is the point that I am making; only a very small number are killed in equine slaughterhouses. There is no protection whatever for horses killed by the knackerman, although contrary to what somebody said a moment ago, most of the knackermen that I have met are extremely professional animal lovers; the notion that they are bloodthirsty murderers is incorrect. By far the biggest professionals of all in terms of killing horses are at local hunt kennels, where people feel strongly about horses and know more about them than almost anybody else. Hunt kennels provide a fantastic resource for the countryside by slaughtering horses at the end of their lives.