Investigation into Canadian slaughterhouses reveals carnage of cruelties

Short Link for this post http://wp.me/p6VVi-2su Source: Canadian Horse Defence Coalition Press Release A Sweeping Undercover Investigation of Canada's Leading Equine Slaughterhouses Horse Welfare Group calls for immediate closure of Canada’s horse slaughter plants Westbank, B.C., March 30, 2010: In late February 2010, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) received hidden camera footage of horse…

Neudorf Memorial for slaughtered horses “crashed” (CAN)

Twyla Francois of the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition organized and conducted a memorial tribute for the more than 100,000 horses brutally slaughtered at a Neudorf abbatoir closed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency this past February. Standing at a chainlink fence outside the Natural Meat Plant, near the final resting place for these tortured and…

Canadian Food Inspection Agency dodges horse slaughter cruelty issue (CAN)

Submitted by TWYLA FRANCOIS Canadian Horse Defence Coalition The CFIA are circulating a letter in response to questions raised to them about the ethics of slaughtering horses, dodging the cruelty issue. Please read what CHDC have written and use this information to help Mr. Mayers and Ms. Swan focus on the real issue at hand.…

Horse meat on the menu at MD fundraiser (Canada)

Horse meat was on the menu at a charity fund raising dinner December 4, 2008, at the Fairmont Hotel in Toronto, Canada to benefit Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Traditional meats, game and even shark were also served. Horse lovers in Canada, including the Fund's Canadian constituents whom we alerted, responded quickly and in high numbers. As…

Group wants ban on horse slaughter (CAN)

By ANGELA HALL, Leader-Post, Thursday, June 12, 2008 ----- The often-controversial practice of sending horses to slaughter has one group calling for a national ban, alleging that operations at a Saskatchewan plant illustrate why the business is "inherently inhumane." The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition says hidden-camera footage taken at the Natural Valley Farms slaughter facility…