WA moves to improve racehorse welfare

Updated November 14 2019 - 4:53pm, first published 4:51pm
The WA Racing and Gaming minister has vowed to ensure oversight of horses from birth until death.
The WA Racing and Gaming minister has vowed to ensure oversight of horses from birth until death.

Racehorses in Western Australia will get a "passport" to track their condition and whereabouts when they retire under proposed animal welfare reforms sparked by revelations of cruelty at a Queensland abattoir.

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