Jumps racing should be banned in the only two Australian states where it is still practiced because of the unreasonable and unsafe expectations placed on horses, according to human-animal studies expert and research fellow in the University of Melbourne's School of Political and Social Enquiry, Dr Siobhan O’Sullivan.
Dr O'Sullivan said NSW banned jumps racing in the 1990s, which leaves only Victoria and South Australia "hanging on" to this practice which raises very serious problems for animal welfare.
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