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===Long-distance transport===
One concern about the welfare of horses destined for slaughter is the long distances the horses are sometimes transported to a slaughterhouse. In 2013, 32,841 horses were slaughtered in Italy; of these, 32,316 were transported from other EU states.<ref name="HSI2014">{{cite web|publisher=Humane Society International|title=Facts and figures on the EU horsemeat trade|url=http://www.hsi.org/search-results.html?q=facts+and+figures+horse|year=2014|accessdate=September 19, 2016|archive-date=January 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125073516/http://www.hsi.org/search-results.html?q=facts+and+figures+horse|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Ireland==
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!Year !! Horses
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| 2012 || 24,362
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| 2013 || 10,711
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| 2014 || 7,602
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| 2015 || 6,033
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| 2016 || 7,618
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| 2017 || 7,748
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| 2018 || 6,573
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In 2019, [[Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Ireland's Department of Agriculture]] released figures on the numbers of horses slaughtered at government-approved abattoirs for human consumption. The numbers peaked in 2012, but significantly decreased the following year due to stricter regulations put in place after the [[2013 horse meat scandal]] in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/over-6000-horses-slaughtered-for-human-consumption-last-year-4589882-Apr2019/|title=Over 6,500 horses were slaughtered in Ireland for human consumption last year|first=Adam|last=Daly|website=TheJournal.ie|date=April 12, 2019}}</ref>
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