Frederick Bourgault, a Canadian harness trainer and owner, has been accused of beating a race horse with a pipe last summer, causing an injury that required the horse to be euthanized. Bourgault had been penalized twice before that alleged incident for excessively whipping horses at Monticello Raceway in 2022 and 2023. Law enforcement sources and… Continue reading Canadian harness trainer Bourgault clubs horse to death
14 dead horses found at a farm near Stanley in April By Aidan Cox · CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2023 at 4:40 PM EST A woman charged in the deaths of 14 horses says she'd never intentionally hurt an animal. Charlotte Bright, 76, appeared in Fredericton provincial court Wednesday, where she was scheduled… Continue reading Woman accused of killing horses says she wouldn’t hurt an animal on purpose
Rising concerns for animal welfare Via Naija News The longstanding practice of exporting live horses from Canada to Japan for human consumption has come under the national spotlight, with politicians and animal welfare advocates demanding stricter regulations or a complete ban on the practice. This comes in the wake of distressing observations of these animals being loaded… Continue reading Canada on the brink of banning live horse exports for human consumption
By LAURA COLLINGS | Kelowna Capital News | 20 Oct 2023 Two more horses died at Vancouver’s Hastings Racecourse this season, with one breaking down during a race and the other suffering blunt-force trauma after crashing into a wall. A total of eight horses died this season, with the most recent death the day before… Continue reading Two more horses die within a month at Vancouver’s Hastings racecourse
Updated Oct 13, 2023 Failure at home For nearly two decades the US federal government has repeatedly rejected the will of the people to once and for all totally outlaw the export of American horses where they will be brutally slaughtered and butchered for their meat — chiefly for human consumption. The Paulick Report points… Continue reading Close US borders to slaughter bound horses
Here is a quick introduction to a piece of legislation pending before the 118th U.S. Congress (2023-2024) that, if successful, will at long last totally outlaw the slaughter of American horses. Please take action today to help outlaw horse slaughter once and for all. Please make a make a donation any amount to help us… Continue reading The SAFE Act of 2023
THE term “horse slaughter” refers exclusively to the killing of horses for human consumption. Horse slaughter is NOT humane euthanasia. “Euthanasia” is defined as a gentle, painless death provided in order to prevent suffering; slaughter is a brutal, terrifying death for horses. Though exports have been dropping in recent years, tens of thousands of American… Continue reading Horse slaughter numbers 2010-2022
By Mickey Djuric | The Canadian PressVia TheSpec.com » OTTAWA — More than 36,000 people have signed a petition calling on the federal Liberals to live up to their election promise to ban the live export of horses for slaughter. Statistics Canada data shows since the promise was made in 2021 more than 2,000 horses have… Continue reading Jann Arden petitions Ottawa to ban live horse exports for slaughter
Petition to ban shipping of horses overseas from Canada for slaughter The British Columbia SPCA, Canada PETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. Thousands of live horses are exported each year from Canadian cities (Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg) to Japan, where they are slaughtered for a luxury item, raw horsemeat basashi. It has been over… Continue reading Canadians please sign petition (closed)
Petition to ban the live shipping of Canadian horses overseas for slaughterThe British Columbia SPCA, CanadaCanadian Citizens Only Can Sign UPDATE & VIDEO "It has been over a year since the federal Minister of Agriculture was given the mandate to end the live export of horses for slaughter." Thousands of live horses are exported each… Continue reading Live horse slaughter export ban petition Canada
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