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2013 ‘We watched in horror Hillside Expose Cruelty at UK’s
as our footage Biggest Horse Slaughterhouse...
revealed horses being

beaten with

ropes and ...our traumatic investigation at the Red Lion Abbatoir uncovered systemic and ongoing
iron bars...’ horse abuse at the UK’s then largest horse slaughterhouse. The sheer number of unwanted

horses that ended up in those dark, cramped pens, only to be cruelly treated as they were

killed, shocked us deeply. Our disturbing footage, which was widely broadcast on TV and in

the national press, showed several breaches of animal welfare regulations including...

Horses routinely crammed two and even three at a time to be shot on top of one another.
Animals left to suffer with horrendous injuries and disease.
Horses not being stunned correctly, needing to be shot again and...

...often regaining consciousness before having their throats cut.
Horses beaten with ropes and iron bars.

We hope that our shocking findings will make everybody who ‘uses’ or breeds horses, aware
that their actions have consequences for innocent animals that are depending on them to be
kind and compassionate, lest they should meet their end in such a dreadful place.

90 Cows Rescued...

In March 2013, Glamorgan Trading Standards requested our urgent help. They were planning
to seize a large herd of ex-dairy cows and calves who were suffering extreme neglect. Around
40 were so emaciated that they had already
died or had to be euthanised on welfare
grounds. In the short time a rescue could be
organised, a further 20 had perished or were
just too weak to make the journey to safety.
Their owners have now been successfully
prosecuted for neglecting them.
We brought the surviving 90 cows and calves
back to Hillside to give them a safe home after
all the suffering they had been through.

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