More foul play with the Wyoming 41 Mustangs?

New evidence obtained by Animals' Angels raises concerns by ANIMALS' ANGELS With Permission We've all heard about the Wyoming 41 - the herd rounded up in March of this year under the supervision of the BLM's Wyoming field office as estray horses and sent to the Bouvry slaughterhouse in Canada. The sad fate of these…

Free Roaming Wyoming horses rounded up by BLM and sold to Canadian Slaughterhouse

No public comment period – no transparency – no opportunity for horse rescue organizations to save horses from a terrible fate. THE CLOUD FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. (March 31, 2014) - On March 24, The Cloud Foundation received an anonymous tip that BLM had rounded up and removed 41 free-roaming horses from public…

Road to slaughter in Canada re-opens for US horses

While the reasons given are many and varied for Canadian slaughter plants rejecting U.S. horses last Friday that came suddenly and with no warning, today the road to slaughter re-opened. Clearly the slaughter of U.S. horses for human consumption will continue in Canada and Mexico where thousands are killed for their meat each week. On…

FOIA confirms Bouvry’s plans to re-open “Death Row for Horses”

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the U.S. Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), Animal Law Coalition has learned that Bouvry Exports, which has the largest horse slaughter operation in Canada, has obtained an application for FSIS inspections. Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act the inspections are required in the U.S.…

Bouvry’s horse slaughter plant closed for sanitation reasons

The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) has learned that Bouvry Exports horse slaughter plant in Fort MacLeod, Alberta closed operations on December 3rd to complete renovations related to sanitation. This news is not surpising. It is well documented that horse slaughter operations in Canada and the U.S. have a long history of pollution troubles and…

Inspectors accused of failing to prevent suffering of horses at slaughterhouses

Animal welfare group video shows horses whipped, struck, poked with electrical prods and hung to bleed while showing signs of consciousness, veterinarian says Cross-posted from the Globe and Mail Written by GLORIA GALLOWAY | 9 June 2010 OTTAWA, CANADA - Horses are routinely slaughtered under poorly controlled conditions at Canadian plants and the Canadian Food…

CHDC calls for review of CFIA management of horse slaughter facilities

CFIA Confronted on Breaking Own Rules as Inhumanity and Dangers of Horse Slaughter Industry Probed Source: Press Release OTTAWA, June 7 /CNW/ - The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) today calls for a thorough performance review of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, while questioning their management role in the monitoring and enforcement of equine slaughterhouses.…

CFIA Chief Veterinary Officer responds on CHDC horse slaughter investigation

The following is the full text of a letter written by DR. BRIAN EVANS, Executive Vice President and Chief Veterinary Officer of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. "May 3, 2010 I am writing in response to your correspondence to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regarding the report on the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition's website,…

Horse Slaughter: Calling all Canadians, contact your MPs

Written by SHELLEY GRAINGER Canadian Horse Defence Coalition Please use this helpful link on the Humane Society International website: http://www.hsicanada.ca/horses/horse_slaughter/ Go to the bottom, under "Take Action" to "Contact Your MP". Simply fill in the fields and your email will be forwarded automatically to your MP. HSI has been successful in working to end the…