Page 11 - Hillside 2018 Web Newsletter

Twenty Three
Thoroughbreds
Rescued...

In the summer of 2018 we With time fast running out, we sprang Above - Thoroughbred mares and
received an urgent and desperate into action, and with the relieved foals just after arrival at Hillside.
plea to help 23 Thoroughbreds cooperation of the stud owner,
who were facing immediate brought all the horses, including some Elderley Mares Maidment and
eviction after bailiffs had moved in elderly mares, back to the safety of Marie-Louise were put under
to foreclose on a failing the Sanctuary. As our driver left with veterinary care on arrival...
Newmarket stud. The horses, the last of the horses, the bailiff
including pregnant mares and a explained that we had rescued them All grown up - Primrose (above left)
three month old foal, had to be just in time as they were booked in living contentedly at Hillside
removed within a couple of days. to be destroyed the next day.
With their owner already evicted
from the premises, the outlook for After the horses safely arrived at
the horses was looking extremely Hillside, some of our supporters
bleak as no-one had come forward expressed surprise that no one in the
to give them a home. We knew racing industry had come forward to
that when a previous stud had gone help. Shockingly, although there is a
bankrupt, the horses had simply lot of wealth in horse racing, it is a
been taken to Beeston Horse Sale callous industry that does little to
and disposed of for meat. help the horses when they are no
longer of use.

Thoroughbreds That Don’t Make the Mark...

Supporters may remember our 2012 investigation at the Red Lion Horse
Slaughterhouse in Nantwich. While putting up hidden cameras, we saw
many frightened but healthy horses, including Thoroughbreds from the
racing industry, waiting in the lairage to die. Their only fault being seconds
too slow on the racetrack. On the following nights, when we returned to
collect the cameras, we would find their dismembered remains scattered
about the premises while our footage showed how often they were not
properly stunning and faced what must have been an agonising death...

73 Cows...

Supporters may remember that, in 2017,

we took in a herd of cattle after Jay, a

vegetarian farmer, could no longer bear

to send them to slaughter. Alex

Lockwood, an independent film-maker,

brilliantly captured the brave changes

that Jay and his wife Katja made as they

began the long journey to transform their

farm to grow ‘animal friendly’ organic

produce. The film also documents Jay’s

surprise and relief when told Hillside had

offered to give a home to his cows. You

can watch the film by searching the

10 internet for ‘73 Cows’ ‘73 Cows’ is an inspiring and throught-provoking short film with a happy ending