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In this section, you will find major news as well as various relevant media releases from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition and other organizations.

2010-12-11

Alberta Horse Slaughter Plant Closed for Sanitation Reasons

Bouvry Exports, horse slaughter plant in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, has temporarily closed operations

2010-06-07

CFIA Confronted on Breaking Own Rules

CFIA has been confronted on breaking own rules as inhumanity and dangers of the horse slaughter industry are probed.

2010-01-31

New Canadian Regulations will Curtail Slaughter of North American Horses

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued the long awaited health requirements for all horses bound for slaughter in Canada.

2009-08-25

Horrors, it's like eating your dog!

Or as fans say, like eating cotton candy. Horse meat, it seems, divides us into two solitudes.

2009-08-25

Horse Groups Call on CFIA for Answers on EU Equine Food Safety Requirements

A letter from the European Commission stipulates immediate steps required to implement a food safety program for countries supplying horse meat to the European Union.

2009-04-21

Horse slaughter dream a financial nightmare

"Natural Valley Farms died the day the decision makers chose to kill horses"

2009-04-07

CHDC Calls for Audit of Horse Slaughter Operations After Plant Shut Down Over Food Safety Concerns

The CFIA quietly ordered the plant closed

2009-04-05

Food Safety Concerns Shut Down Natural Meat Company in Canada

No more horses are being slaughtered in that facility.

2008-09-03

CFHS Questions Government Role

Canadian Federation of Humane Societies is questioning the government's role in food safety and animal welfare.

2008-06-10

No Country for Horses

Coverage on CBC that revealed the horrors of the horse slaughter industry.


"Help us lead Canada's horses away from barbarism . .
and into the protected pastures of a civilized nation."




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