Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2022
1300. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the exact breakdown of figures for thoroughbred horses that are rendered, those that die in training and those euthanised at home, in tabular form. [55302/22]
View answerThe numbers of equines identified with Weatherby's passports, which can thus be considered to be thoroughbred horses, recorded on my Department's central equine database as having been moved to knackeries (for disposal) in the State in the years 2020 and 2021 and to mid-October 2022 are set out in the Table below.
My Department does not capture nor record the reasons behind the movements to knackeries.
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Number of equines identified with Weatherby's passports (Thoroughbred animals) moved to knackeries in the State 2020-13/10/2022 |
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2020 |
619 |
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2021 |
641 |
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2022 ( to 13/10/2022) |
319 |
