Racing heavyweight Peter V’landys is suing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for defamation after the “7.30” program allegedly portrayed V’landys as having “callously permitted” the slaughter of retired racehorses. It comes as the ABC faces scrutiny over its editorial standards.
The segment titled “The Final Race” was aired in Oct. 2019 and alleged that hundreds of former racehorses were being sent to a slaughterhouse in Caboolture, an hour north of Brisbane, in Queensland.
