{"id":1334072,"date":"2024-06-20T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1334072"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:00:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:00:39","slug":"641-thoroughbred-horses-have-been-slaughtered-to-date-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/641-thoroughbred-horses-have-been-slaughtered-to-date-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"641 thoroughbred horses have been slaughtered to-date in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The number of thoroughbred horses slaughtered in 2024 to-date has been confirmed by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 641 thoroughbred horses have been slaughtered to-date in 2024 in a slaughter plant approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), the minister stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year, Minister McConalogue said the number of thoroughbreds slaughtered at facilities approved by the DAFM in 2023 was 1,428.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the minister DAFM “maintains the central equine database which records the registration details of all equines issued with a passport by approved passport issuing organisations (PIOs) in Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIt further records the registration details of equines resident in the country but issued with a passport by approved PIOs outside the state.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
“The date of movement of horses to approved slaughter plants is recorded on the central database as these movements occur,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n