An international advisory body on horse racing has expressed shock at the Macau Jockey Club’s weekly practice of destroying retired and injured horses by shooting them in the head and is to seek an explanation.
The Paris-based International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities, to which Macau, Hong Kong and 50 other racing jurisdictions are affiliated, made the comments in the wake of last week’s exclusive report in the Sunday Morning Post revealing the killings, which take place every Thursday.
In the wake of the story, the Macau Jockey Club has maintained its policy is humane, claiming all horses shot are suffering from ‘chronic conditions’.