SOME 560 horses have been exported from Ireland destined for horse abattoirs in other states since August 2024, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has revealed.
Responding to a question in the Dáil, Minister Heydon outlined that, based on information from the TRACES system (the European Commission’s online platform for animal and plant health certification) and up until August 30th 2025, 316 horses have been exported to France for slaughter and 79 to Belgium. In 2024, 165 horses were exported for the same practice to France.


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