The owner of six polo ponies that allegedly died during a Bass Strait crossing on the TT-Line’s Spirit of Tasmania said he had seen the autopsy report and blamed the ferry service for their deaths.
Australian agribusiness multi-millionaire Johnny Kahlbetzer owned six of the 13 horses that died in January while, it is alleged, travelling from Devonport to Melbourne.
Mr Kahlbetzer said he and the owner of the other dead ponies, former Australian polo team captain Andrew Williams, arranged for autopsies to be done.
The pair, along with Mr Williams’ wife Rebecca, are suing TT-Line and logistics company QUBE for negligence over the horses’ deaths, alleging the companies failed to provide a safe environment, adequate checks and air flow.
Mr Kahlbetzer said he and Mr Williams commissioned the autopsy and said the horses suffocated.
“We delivered the horses to the vets, who did that autopsy, etc — that’s how I’ve seen it,” he said.
“It’s all in technical terms, and part of our legal case, but basically they died of lack of oxygen.”
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