Daily Mirror front page - Wigmore Hall shot in the head

The 'kindest' solution was to put the horse to 'sleep'. Have they suggested a 'kinder' / quicker way?

How do they think they do it in abattoirs, or would they rather not publish photos of that, cuz it may put their readers off their cereal?

What absolute c*nts.

The Mirror are utter ****s for publishing this, but it is Wigmore Hall. His hind legs were bandaged, hence the confusion.

Totally agree.

All that goes on every day across the land with crulty to animals yet they print this???

Stable lads up and down the country love and pamper there racehorses, they live better than a lot humans.

Yes its a tragic end to a glorious life on the track when it happens, but its quick and its humane.

Dear oh fooking dear.

Aside from the pictures, which are undoubtedly depressing (poor old lad), it is equally depressing that those involved in this, i.e. vet, racecourse workers, etc have gifted the animal aiders such a photographic opportunity in the first place? Death is a part of life that most of us emotionally mature people can live with however the fringes have trouble dealing with this so why make it easy for them? I no more want to see a horse's death played out in pictures any more than anyone so don't make it easy for them to use such an opportunity to blast the sport as a whole. I feel for the horse's connections who are seeing the death of their beloved horse being used in such a way by a fringe element.

Vote with your feet and your pockets.

Racing treats horses as tools - all this stuff about how much trainer/owner X loves his horses is nauseating.

What happens to all the useless yearlings every year?

Unfortunately there is a world in which the morally challenged serve up "stories" to the intellectually challenged and from time to time that world collides with ours.

Jim Goldie" our racing is the best policed in the world". Hilarious

Dave Yates in an invidious position now - surely he is morally obliged to resign?

Tomorrow / today's chip paper, move on.  Note to BHA Vets though - edict to use fatal injection is probably they best way to go on course.  The mongs can't deal with the 'cleanest' way.

I agree Howellsy - surely Yates needs to consider his position at the paper after this.

Although, of course, the biggest hypocrites in the whole thing are the editor and proprietors of the paper. I think we can safely say that they'll continue to accept advertising revenue from bookmakers, and have the back page plastered in coverage when the Festival and National roll around in the spring.

It's a shame people aren't educated as to why these courses of action are deemed necessary, Maybe Mirror readers/ Animal Aid activists should read this for some balance to their knee jerk reactions.
It's also sad that all connected with the horse have now had all good memories tarnished as now their last image of the horse is being shown moments from death :(



http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/sep/23/claims-five-broken-leg-horse

Lazy journalism, and corrupt

Think I agree , racing doesn't need this does it. Why are we still shooting horses on the course ? Is it a cost thing , the most efficient way , can't be surely? Any vets?

Humane killer is a deadbolt,tranquiliser used on horse in can kill vet if horse knocks it into vet instead.

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Sorry last night I said it was not Wigmore I now understand it was.

Horse racing has nothing to hide.

The best way to deal with this rubbish is to treat it the same way as most front page headlines in the gutter press-ignore it!

The editor of the Mirror needs to think about his position not Yates. Printing propaganda from an extremist group like Animal Aid is hardly responsible journalistic practice.