Roadside discoveries over the past months of horses slaughtered in west Dade and Broward counties in Florida have prompted Gulfstream Park to contribute $5,000 to the reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

In making the announcement, Gulfstream Park president and general manager Bill Murphy said, “This detestable act of cruelty, inflicted not only upon the horses but upon their owners, as well, devastates the whole of South Florida’s equine community