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Issues
Horse Neglect Case
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HORSE NEGLECT EXPOSED IN ALBERTA
Articles and donation link to help these horses.
CANADIAN HORSE FEEDLOTS are filling up
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SCENES FROM AN ALBERTA FEEDLOT
Investigator's message and photos
HORSES on Japanese plates
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HORSE TO REMAIN ON JAPANESE PLATES DESPITE US BAN
The Japanese will keep eating horsemeat despite the US ban on slaughter
of horses.
HORSES NEEDING HOMES
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HORSES GIVEN HOMES
There were 90+ horses needing homes before they go to auction and most likely slaughter.
They have all been placed.
WILD HORSES
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WILD HORSES SHOT DEAD IN CANADA
BRITTANY TRIANGLE - Chilcotin RCMP are investigating a claim that up to six
of B.C.'s last remaining wild horses have been shot to death.
The horses, which live in the Brittany Triangle region of the Chilcotin, are
thought by some biologists to be the province's only extant links with a
time -- about 8,000 years ago -- when wild horses were part of North
America's natural landscape.
OMAK SUICIDE RACE
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THE DEADLIEST HORSE RACE IN THE WORLD
By definition suicide is the act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself. Murder, by definition, is to kill brutally or inhumanely; to destroy.
Year after year in Omak, a small town in Eastern Washington State, the local rodeo holds as it main attraction an event called "The World-Famous Omak Suicide Race." This race regularly and routinely kills horses. It is not suicide. It is murder.
THE PREMARIN INDUSTRY
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MORE LAY-OFFS IN THE PMU INDUSTRY
Wyeth today announced it also plans to pursue voluntary and mandatory
retirements of another 33 ranchers in Canada and North Dakota - leaving tens of thousands more unwanted mares and their foals "out of work." While Wyeth claims it will offer financial assistance to ranchers for feed and herd health care while horses are placed in "productive markets," UAN is beseeching Wyeth to provide funding geared specifically toward encouraging ranchers to spare horses from slaughter. UAN has heard recent reports of horse meat trading for between 10 and 45 cents per pound.
HORSE SLAUGHTER
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DEALING IN HORSE FLESH
Unbeknownst to many, Calgary is an international source of equine meat
Just ate a horse meat pie. The Rolling Stones, "Bitch"
Calgary and horse meat. Its a connection that one group of animal-rights activists wants you to know a lot more about, while the operator of Canadas biggest supplier of horse meat, with its headquarters in Calgary, would rather just keep things quiet.
"We want to end the slaughter of horses in Canada," says Sinikka Crosland, a Vancouver-based activist with The Responsible Animal Care Society (TRACS). "We plan to introduce a private members bill in the House of Commons in the new year to stop the practice. People have a bond with horses."
Although many of us dont realize it, horse meat from Canadian slaughterhouses is being exported across the world. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, in 2003, more than 6,000 tonnes of horse meat was exported to parts of Europe and Asia, where it is considered a delicacy.
LAST ROUNDUP FEARED FOR CANADA'S WILD HORSES
Toronto Star | Oct. 15, 2005
Only a handful of the animals left in Canada/U.S.
Senate moves to protect dwindling herd
THE SLAUGHTER OF HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN CANADA
CHDC | Jul. 09, 2004
One of the most baffling issues surrounding the equine world, and one that many Canadians may still be unaware of, is the continual slaughter of our nations horses.
HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE "STUNNING" PROCESS?
CHDC | Jul. 22, 2004
Although the skull of a horse is not as thick as that of a bison, it should be noted that horses have long and highly mobile necks, allowing for much freedom of movement in the confines of the killing box. Further, when live horses are exported out of Canada for slaughter, it should be noted they are no longer within our control. These animals then become subject to foreign laws and regulations (or lack thereof).
REPORT: USDA REGULATORY POLICY HAS BEEN 'HIJACKED' BY THE AGRIBUSINESS INDUSTRY
U.S. Newswire | Jul. 23, 2004| 9:01:00 AM
"In its early days, USDA was known as the People's Department," said Fred Stokes of the Organization for Competitive Markets, which first proposed the paper. "Today, it is, in effect, the Agribusiness Industry's Department, since its policies on issues such as food safety and fair market competition have been shaped to serve the interests of the giant corporations that now dominate food production and distribution."
ECONOMIC VALUE OF HORSES
CHDC | Jul. 12, 2004
Since industries and even governments are largely profit-oriented, it is fitting to explore financial considerations surrounding the slaughter of horses versus the husbandry of live horses for sport or companionship. Here's an overview.
THE SLAUGHTER MARKET: WHERE DO THE HORSES COME FROM?
CHDC | Jul. 20, 2004
It is clear that certain industries involved in breeding horses have been shown to create an equine surplus--for example, the Pregnant Mare Urine (PMU) industry. Farms involved in urine collection are situated in the Canadian prairie provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) and North Dakota. During the fall of 2003, as increased health risks associated with use of the hormone replacement drug, Premarin*, made headline news throughout the world, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced cutbacks to its associated ranching operations. Up to 20,000 pregnant mares were suddenly out of work, and flooded auctions and feedlots throughout Canada and the United States. Unwanted stallions, as well as yearlings and two-year-old horses previously held as replacement stock, also entered the market.
WHY A FEDERAL ID TAGGING PROGRAM FOR CANADIAN HORSES?
CHDC | Jul. 22, 2004
On January 9, 2004, the Equine Canada Task Force on National Equine Identification met in Red Deer, Alberta, to discuss a federal "tagging" program for all horses. The subsequent task force report lauds the initiative as "a pro-active approach...from the horse owners' perspective". But why the interest in developing such a complex tracing tool at this point in time?
CANADIANS ON HORSE SLAUGHTER
Two-Thirds Of Canadians Do Not Believe In Slaughter of Horses For Human Consumption
Vancouver, BC According to a new Ipsos-Reid poll conducted on behalf of B.C. based TRACS, The Responsible Animal Care Society, two-thirds (64%) of adult Canadians do not believe in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption.
Poll respondents were told Government statistics show that in 2003 more than 61,000 horses were slaughtered in Canada for human consumption or shipped out of the country for the same purpose.
One-in-three (33%) adult Canadians say they do believe in the slaughter of Canadian horses for human consumption. Three percent have no opinion on this issue.
WHERE WOULD ALL THE HORSES GO?
by John Hettinger | The Blood Horse | Jun. 28, 2003
Where would all the horses go? They would be retired, adopted out, or euthanized. We have no desire to point a finger at anybody or hurt anybody, but the lowest common denominator cannot be allowed to prevail any longer. We must end the slaughter of horses. The ever-expanding network of rescue agencies operated by horse lovers from coast to coast will put their shoulders to the wheel to make this work.
HORSE SLAUGHTER: AN UNNECESSARY EVIL ~ White Paper
Published, 2002
Commissioned by: The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, Inc.
Authored by: Raymond Goydon & Stephen Kindel
The Fourth Wall Inc. 270 Bierys Bridge Road
Bethlehem, PA 18017 (610) 868-5444
The continuation of horse slaughter is based on the demand for horseflesh on the dinner tables of Europe and Asia. It is driven by profit and motivated by expediency, not by any concern for the humane treatment and welfare of the horses.
Logic and decency dictate that those who earn their living "on the backs" of horses; those who love and respect horses; and all those with humane values join together to end this unsupportable practice. To accept the slaughter of horses as a "necessary evil" is to validate the position of those who would place a greater value on the bottom line than on life itself.
In the news . . . .
Danzig Colt Narrowly Escapes Slaughter in Canada
MEDIA EMPIRE
Courtesy Lost and Found Horse Rescue
Thoroughbred Times | Jul. 23, 2004
Help us lead Canada's horses away from barbarism . . . and into the protected pastures of a civilized nation.
~ The Canadian Horse Defense Coalition
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