Word: vaugirard
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Export of Horses for Butchery. The Guardian's informant was a representative of this League who with a veterinary surgeon witnessed the landing in Havre of 77 worn out horses from the Argentine. They were so disturbed by what they saw that they followed the horses to Vaugirard, whence they were taken in wagons...
...suffered from partial paralysis, several had been severely kicked and bitten, and two were little more than skeletons. Some of the horses were badly injured while being swung ashore, but they were beaten and prodded violently with sticks. We watched one man strike a horse 35 times. ... At Vaugirard they arrived exhausted and in a deplorable condition. They had had no food or water for 50 hours. The Frenchmen said they must not have food or water for fear they got the gripes. All were lame when they reached the stables. These horses were consigned for butchering but they would...
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