Aspects of the owning/keeping and disposal of horses, and how these relate to equine health/welfare in Ireland

Table 1 The estimated number of horse carcasses disposed of during the preceding 12 months by each of 39 Category 2 knackery plants (denoted as per the county of location), as reported in September 2007

Province and number of horses	Munster	No.	Leinster	No.	Connacht	No.	Ulster	No.
	Cork	120	W.Meath	330	Roscommon	24	Cavan	18
	Limerick	25	Meath	300	Galway	12	Cavan	18
	Clare	14	Laois	13	Galway	42	Cavan	36
	Tipperary	50	Kilkenny	8
	Tipperary	6	Carlow	12
	Tipperary	13	Meath	110
	Tipperary	6	Louth	18
	Waterford	7	Wexford	100
	Tipperary	12	Carlow	12
	Cork	50	Wicklow	340
	Tipperary	18	Laois	24
	Cork	20	Meath	6
	Tipperary	70	Longford	48
	Tipperary	0	Offaly	12
	Cork	3	Meath	16
	Cork	20
	Tipperary	50
	Cork	10
No. of counties and total in the province	5 of 6		10 of 12		2 of 5		1 of 3
Total horse numbers		474		1349		78		72

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