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The news that California Chrome is being sent to Japan sends chills up and down our collective spines. In 2002 Kentucky Derby winner (1986) and Breeders' Cup Classic winner (1987) Ferdinand was killed in a slaughterhouse in Japan. When he began to fail at stud, that's how they disposed of him. No shipping him back home.… Continue reading California Chrome is off to Japan
HORSE SLAUGHTER. Source Article: VICE. By Anna Brooks (June 15, 2017) — Walking through the Calgary International Airport, you'll pass a bronze statue of wild horses running. Entitled "Breakaway," the immortalized horses were intended to be a metaphor for Calgary's spirit and strength. But there's another story of horses at the Calgary airport, a story some… Continue reading Tracking Canada’s horse slaughter trade from Alberta to Japan
CANADA (Horse Slaughter) — The Dodo reports that horses are still being shipped live from Canada to Japan to make specialty sashimi. Almost every week — from Edmonton and Calgary airports in Alberta and the Winnipeg airport in Manitoba — unwanted horses are packed into crates and flown across the ocean. They land in Japan, one… Continue reading Horses are still being shipped live from Canada to Japan to make specialty sashimi
(Updated 9:57 pm). The Horse Fund's "Horse Slaughter Year in Review 2016" has arrived. We have sections on how slaughter is impacting the lives of the horses in North America. We have sections on regulation, legislation and what drives it all — the human appetite for horse meat, and those willing to supply it legally… Continue reading Horse Slaughter Year in Review 2016
CANADIAN HORSE DEFENCE COALITION PRESS RELEASE ORANGEVILLE, ON, June 25, 2015 /CNW/ - The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) has discovered gruelling evidence of multiple horse deaths connected to air transport to Japan, and attempts by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to cover up the truth. Access to Information (ATI) documents reveal that three… Continue reading Ongoing Violations and CFIA Whitewash Confirmed on Air Transport of Horses for Slaughter
WRITTEN BY JUSTIN McCURRY Cross-posted from The Guardian Report Source >> Until March 2011, Tokue Hosokawa had only to peer through the window of his home in Iitate village to confirm that all was well with his 100-year-old family business. The 130 or so horses that once roamed this sprawling farm in Fukushima prefecture have… Continue reading Fukushima horse breeder braves high radiation levels to care for animals
CANADIAN HORSE DEFENCE COALITION NEWS RELEASE CFIA Fails Again at Enforcing Regulations for Live Horse Exports to Japan CALGARY AB CANADA (Oct. 18, 2012) -- Footage taken of Alberta horses being shipped live to Japan for slaughter shows that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is violating their own standards set forth in the Health… Continue reading CFIA fails own standards regarding live horse exports
This article came across my desk as I was watching the video of I'll Have Another running around a paddock, kicking up his heels, at his new home in Japan where he arrived recently to continue his racing career as a Thoroughbred Stallion. Cross-posted from Deadspin WRITTEN BY BARRY PETCHESKY Our horses are sick. Our… Continue reading Our racehorses are broken America, writes Barry Petchesky
When we heard about the devastation following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, our first thoughts turned to the suffering of the people there, which received much of the early coverage. Little by little, the impact on Japan's animals started to receive more attention. Among Japan's animal population are American bred Thoroughbred champions… Continue reading Charismatic, Empire Maker, and Silver Charm safe so far in Japan
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