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4,600 thoroughbred horses 'slaughtered for meat'

A large number of racehorses bred at the height of the Irish economic boom are now being sent for slaughter, with owners without the funds to take care of them.

Reporter Rebecca Morelle has been to Ireland to investigate.


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