The Great Canadian Horse Meat Scandal – A Political Affair (Part 1)

by JANE ALLIN May 14, 2014 was a lamentable day for horse advocates on both sides of the Canadian-American border. An opportunity to effectively shutter the horse slaughter industry was lost due to a stubborn and unrelenting political party whose members blindly accept their leader’s dictatorial rule without reflection on what ill-effects the outcome has…

Commons votes down bid for horse slaughter ban

Cross-posted from AgCanada.com A New Democrat MP’s run at new limits on the country’s horsemeat industry was stopped before the finish line Wednesday in the House of Commons. MPs on Wednesday voted 155 to 102 at second reading against British Columbia MP Alex Atamanenko’s private member’s bill, C-571, which sought amendments to the federal Meat…

Canadian MP Atamanenko joins protesters calling for an end to horse slaughter

THANDI FLETCHER, reporting for the Calgary Herald writes: CALGARY — With the backdrop of a billboard reading “Stop Slaughtering Us,” a crowd of demonstrators led by a New Democrat MP gathered Monday in Calgary calling for an end to the slaughtering of horses for human consumption. But horse meat industry experts are calling the campaign…

Tell Congress to continue de-funding horse slaughter inspections

Horse slaughter is not euthanasia. It is not and can never be made humane. Ending horse slaughter is critical to the safety and welfare of horses everywhere. United States We ask you to join us in contacting Congress to continue de-funding federal USDA inspections of horse slaughter plants. Language for this is in the House…

Atamanenko moves to ban horse meat for human consumption in Canada

Source: Press Release OTTAWA (17 June 2010) – New Democrat Agriculture Critic, Alex Atamanenko (BC southern Interior) tabled [introduced in American parlance] a Private Members Bill (C-544) yesterday that would effectively shut down the slaughtering of horses for human consumption in Canada. “The fact is that drugs which are prohibited for use during the life…