US horse slaughter export numbers for 2001-2021

Here is an updated list of the number of American horses sent for slaughter in Canada and Mexico to include 2021 and according to country.

From 2001 to 2021, the US sent more than 1.6 million of its horses across its borders to be killed for their meat.

Horse Slaughter Export Numbers 2001—2021

Year	US to Canada	US to Mexico	TOTAL
2001	28,409	245	28,654
2002	25,219	774	25,993
2003	21,434	818	22,252
2004	19,275	4,114	23,839
2005	17,324	7,821	25,145
2006	21,709	11,080	32,789
2007	32,452	45,609	78,061
2008	42,232	56,731	98,963
2009	52,405	46,098	98,503
2010	53,803	52,862	106,665
2011	59,743	67,782	127,525
2012	55,781	110,791	166,572
2013	42,102	102,554	144,656
2014	40,410	10,5375	145,783
2015	40,670	84,938	125,608
2016	29,472	78,724	108,196
2017	12,273	67,289	78,857
2018	10,568	70,708	81,708
2019	10,486	53,947	64,433
2020	6,919	29,966	36,885
2021	5,441	19,554	24,995
TOTALS	628,577	1,016,610	1,645,187

Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service/USDA and Statistics Canada

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Toxicity 

The horse meat trade in the EU is extremely lucrative, but is dependent on a reservoir of cheap North American horses, the use of which comes with alarming human health risks as well as animal welfare concerns. —EURACTIVE
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In the US horses are raised and treated as companion animals, not as food-producing animals.

The unregulated administration of numerous toxic substances administered to American horses throughout their lives can make their meat dangerous for human consumption.

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