Animal rights group Animal Aid says change needed after ‘brutal horrors’ at Aintree as three horses die during festival
Animal rights campaigners have called for jump racing to be banned and “much more stringent” safety measures put in place for the sport after three horses died at the 175th annual Grand National festival.
The third fatality, Hill Sixteen, is said to have suffered a broken neck at the first fence at the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool before being put down.
Continue reading…Animal rights group Animal Aid says change needed after ‘brutal horrors’ at Aintree as three horses die during festivalAnimal rights campaigners have called for jump racing to be banned and “much more stringent” safety measures put in place for the sport after three horses died at the 175th annual Grand National festival.The third fatality, Hill Sixteen, is said to have suffered a broken neck at the first fence at the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool before being put down. Continue reading…