2 HORSES STOLEN

2 HORSES STOLEN

TWO HORSES STOLEN FROM 108 MILE HOUSE, BC

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VALAURIE WRITES: 

💜Jack and Jill are HOME💜

 

Jan. 21 2022: I get a message from a lady saying her Husband was up in the helicopter and saw a pack of wolves eating something fairly big by Tubbs Lake.

To make sure it wasn’t my horses, we sent up a drone to check out the area.

After reviewing the footage at home we spotted two horses along a fence line that looked very veeeery similar to Jack and Jill.

Jan. 22 2022: 💜 THE DAY OF THE REUNION 💜

We went out there on horseback and a bit on foot as the snow was VERY deep and THERE THEY WERE!

It looked like they have been in that spot for a few days as there were lots of tracks and poop. They both lost weight but aren’t super skinny, they have lots of energy, didn’t seem tired at all.

As soon as I put them back Jill took her job back of bossing everyone around and Jack was happy to see his buddies.

Honestly it all still seems so unreal…

THEY ARE HOOOOOOME!!! 💜💜💜💜

Now what do I think happened…?

Right now I am just incredibly relieved and happy that I have them back home.

.I will share more in the next days after getting some emotional and physical rest

JANUARY 19TH, 2022 STILL MISSING

Two Fjord cross draft horses named Jack and Jill went missing on December 18th/19th from Flying Rooster Farm, near Spruce Hills Resort in 108 Mile House, BC.

After EXTENSIVE searches and no tracks or signs of the horses foraging for grass in the snow, it has been determined that they were stolen.

Brand inspectors in both British Columbia and Alberta, and at the Bouvry Slaughter Plant in Alberta –  as well as horse auction businesses – and the RCMP in both provinces – have been notified.

Yes, horses are slaughtered in Canada for human consumption and that’s why the brand inspector at the Bouvry Slaughter plant in Alberta have been contacted.

When horses are sold to, and dropped off, at slaughter plants in Canada, unless a horse has a visible brand, a horse can be slaughtered the same day they are delivered.  

The only proof of ownership required is for the person, or persons, dropping off the horse or horses to claim that they are the rightful owners.

Fortunately these horses are branded but the owner is not taking any chances and doing everything she can to make sure these horses are not slaughtered.

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Anyone with information can go to Valaurie Wettstein’s Facebook page or

call Valaurie @ 250-706-9369.

The brands on the horses are as follows: 

PLEASE NOTE:

Especially with the thick winter coats on the horses, their brands will not be visible unless you are up close and personal with them and even then you’ll have to look closely, so…

 PLEASE  if you see any horses that in any way look anything like the pictures included, especially if they are horses you’ve only just recently noticed in your area…

CALL (250) 706-9369

CALL (250) 706-9369

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100 MILE HOUSE FREE PRESS

December 22, 2021

Search underway for two horses missing near 108 Mile Ranch READ ARTICLE.

VANCOUVER SUN

December 23rd, 2021:

“These horses are family” ‘B.C. ranch owner frantic after pair go missing, likely stolen. READ ARTICLE.

GLOBAL NEWS

December 27, 2021:

A B.C. woman is offering a financial reward for the safe return of two beloved draft horses that went missing from a farm in the South Cariboo region earlier this month. READ ARTICLE.

THE ABBOTSFORD NEWS

December 30th, 2021

She has contacted the RCMP and BC SPCA. She has also reached out to the B.C. brand inspector, who will give the information to the B.C. and Alberta auction grounds, and plans to contact the only B.C. business certified in butchering horses. READ ARTICLE.

Recently (see below) there have been reminders to those of us living in Canada, or near the Canadian border, that we live within a day’s drive – or at most 2 day’s drive – of  plants that slaughter horses – and that stolen horses are slaughtered for human consumption.

With precious few protocols in place, other than the honor system, as to who is the rightful owner of a horse, and with “same day slaughter” as drop off, often being the case, we all need to  know exactly what to do —  and who to call — should any of our equines go missing.

Yes, like it or not horse slaughter is legal in Canada and stolen horses have been slaughtered before owners even know they are missing. (CHECK our BLOG for more details..)

To repeat, there are not any mandatory hold times after a horse is sold to a slaughter plant, so horses are often slaughtered the same day they arrive at a slaughter plant.

In other words, many Canadians could come home from work, or wake up in the morning to find that a horse, or horses, are missing, and our horses could be slaughtered for human consumption – before we know they are gone – and without us being notified first.

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Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including  Japan.

The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT  horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.

In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan,  to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane. 

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WHAT TO DO IF YOUR HORSE IS MISSING

WHAT TO DO IF YOUR HORSE IS MISSING

 IF YOUR HORSE IS MISSING OR STOLEN…

UPDATED:  First published October 2016:

I’m sorry to have to tell you this but as long as horse slaughter exists in Canada, even if you are not sure that your horse has been stolen, but is missing,  the BEST thing to do is to IMMEDIATELY call the brand inspector at the nearest horse slaughter plant.

Please EVEN if you are not in Alberta or Quebec where horse slaughter plants are, call the brand inspector for the areas where the plants are.  (See below.)

AND yes, even if your horse does not have a brand, call.  I repeat, your horse does not have to be branded for you to call the brand inspector.

Call your local brand inspector as well.

(Be prepared, take a few moments right now, and save the numbers where you have other emergency numbers.)

CALL THE RCMP or your local law enforcement and FILE A REPORT with livestock investigators.

Unfortunately many have reported that they’ve struggled to get RCMP or other law enforcement to file a report, be prepared to be firm, to insist.

Please don’t trust that your local brand inspector will make the call to the brand inspector at the slaughter plants, for example, to the one for  Bouvry Exports Slaughter Plant in Fort McLeod, Alberta — please make that call yourself.

Unfortunately in Canada horses dropped off for slaughter are often slaughtered the same day they are dropped off.

And unfortunately the protocols in place at slaughter facilities are very lax when it comes to protecting against stolen horses being slaughtered.

(See several examples of stolen horses being slaughtered for human consumption below.)

Believe it or not there is NOT a mandatory hold time before horses sold to slaughter plants are killed. Again,  horses may be slaughtered the same day they are dropped off.

AND ownership, as well as declaring whether or not drugs not intended to enter the human food chain have been used on a horse — are BOTH on the honour system.

(That’s just one reason reason why horse meat produced in Canada is NOT safe to eat, and why recalls of drug tainted horse meat are a regular occurrence.)

Again,  proof of ownership, and whether the horse is safe to eat,  are BOTH based purely on the word of the person selling the horse to the slaughter plant.

The exception is if the horse has been branded and that brand is easily visible.

Keep in mind that often brands on horses are not very easy to spot, especially in the winter when horses generally have a heavier, thicker coat.

Horses, are for the most part, not branded and when they are there is not any consistency with where that brand might be.  The brand might be on the front on either side or the back on either side making it even harder for a brand inspector to do their job.  Even if your horse is branded, please don’t trust that it will keep them safe.

 

With slaughter plants in both Quebec and Alberta, most Canadians, and many in the USA, live within a few hours, and at most a 1 to 2 day drive of a horse slaughter plant.

With same day as drop off slaughter and with ownership proof being on the honor system,  your horse could be stolen during the night, or while you are at work — and slaughtered before you even realize your horse is missing.

PLEASE take a few minutes, do the research and mark down the numbers of your local brand inspectors and brand inspectors for where the horse slaughter plants are in Canada, so that if you should – heaven help – ever need them, you have them handy!

As well as brand inspectors, make note of horse auctions in your province and neighbouring provinces.

For example, no matter if you live in Alberta or not, if you are in Western Canada and your horse goes missing your first call should be to Tim, the brand inspector for Fort MacLeod where the horse slaughter plant in Alberta is.  His number is: (403) 634-5799

WESTERN CANADA & USA

IF you are in Western Canada or the western part of the USA your first call should be to he brand inspector for Fort MacLeod, Alberta Tim.  His direct line is: (403) 634-5799

Again, even if your horse does NOT have a brand, call.

The slaughter plant in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada is Bouvry Exports AKA Bouvry Canada and their phone number is: (403) 253-0717

File a report with the RCMP or local law enforcment.

RCMP LIVESTOCK DIVISION

British Columbia:  Cory Lepine  (250) 314-1800

Alberta:  Andrew Grainger   (780) 509-3293

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Please take a few minutes right now to make note of the numbers above, add them to where you store other  emergency numbers.

And please take a minute and find the brand inspector for the area in which you live.

No matter if you live in Alberta or not, if you are in Western Canada and your horse goes missing your first call should be to Tim (above), the brand inspector for Fort MacLeod where the horse slaughter plant in Alberta is.

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ALBERTA:  Livestock Identification Services Ltd. (LIS) is a not-for-profit and legislated organization that is responsible for providing livestock inspection services, maintaining a brand registry and administering the licensing of all livestock dealers in Alberta. By providing these services LIS is able to help protect livestock owners from strayed and stolen livestock.

Look up the number for the brand inspector in your area of Alberta here.

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Ownership Identification INC. Under the designation from the Government of BC, Ownership Identification INC administers the Livestock Identification Act and the Livestock Identification Regulation. To fulfill this role there are livestock inspectors spread throughout the prescribed area of the Province. These are all part-time employees of OII that have been appointed by the Minister of Agriculture to be inspectors under the Livestock Identification Act.

Look up the number for the brand inspector in your area of B.C. here.

SASKATCHEWAN:   Livestock Services of Saskatchewan (LSS) is a not-for-profit organization that provides livestock inspection services for cattle and horses, administers livestock brand registration, and livestock dealer licensing for the Saskatchewan livestock industry.

Look up the number of who to call in your area of Saskatchewan here.

EASTERN CANADA & USA

Quebec is home to a horse slaughter plant, Viande Richelelieu. The phone number for the plant is: (450) 788-2667

Information about livestock inspections/inspectors in Quebec here.

Again, please take a few minutes, do the research and mark down the numbers, so that if you should – heaven help – ever need them, you have them handy!

As well as brand inspectors, make note of horse auctions in your province and neighbouring provinces.

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It may be hard for some to believe that tens of thousands of horses, including pets, are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption.

Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including  Japan.

The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT  horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.

In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan,  to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane. 

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MONTREAL GAZETTE – LIVE HORSE EXPORTS FOR SLAUGHTER

MONTREAL GAZETTE – LIVE HORSE EXPORTS FOR SLAUGHTER

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATS HORSE ADVOCATES

DECEMBER 18, 2021 from the Montreal Gazette:

 

“Federal ministers received their marching orders from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday in the form of mandate letters, with a particular focus on environmental policies, fighting climate change and creating a more diverse and inclusive Canada.

 

But within the nearly 30 letters were also some tasks to ministers that garnered far less attention, but National Post still found particularly noteworthy.

 

Here are six things you may have missed:”

As you may or may not know, during the recent Federal Election, the Liberal Party of Canada included the following on their official party promises:

How amazing is it that the same line appears in the official Ministerial Mandate Letter from Prime Minister Trudeau to Minister Bibeau.

It’s most definitely a step in the right direction.

AND thank you to the National Post and the Montreal Gazette for highlighing that part of the Mandate letters that might otherwise hvae been missed.

THE MONTREAL GAZETTE ARTICLE GOES ON TO STATE: 

Unbeknown to many, Canada is in fact one of the world’s biggest exporters of live horses to Japan for its domestic meat industry. Roughly 41,000 horses have been flown to Japan (mainly from the Calgary airport) since 2013 where they are fattened before slaughter, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

But the controversial practice is seemingly on its last legs, as Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has been formally tasked in her mandate letter to ban the export of live horses destined for slaughter.

That’s a decision likely to please one of the practice’s most vocal critics: Canadian singer Jann Arden, who tweeted at Trudeau on Thursday to “end this sinister part of Canadian agriculture.”

HORSE ADVOCATES YOUR EFFORTS ARE PAYING OFF

So what else can we do to bring about change?

Canadian icon and staunch anti slaughter advocate, Jann Arden recently posted the following:

 

AND you can click here and send a note, to not only the Member of Parliament for your electorial district but also to Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Marie Cluade Bibeau.

P.S. There’s even a letter for you to use and/or personalize.

Want to do more?  Please see the Call to Action list here.

THANK YOU advocates for all you’ve done and continue to do.

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It may be hard for some to believe that tens of thousands of horses, including pets, are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption.

Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including  Japan.

The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT  horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.

In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan,  to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane. 

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CONGRATULATIONS HORSE ADVOCATES

CONGRATULATIONS HORSE ADVOCATES

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD MANDATE LETTER

Special thanks to Horse Rescue Fund board member Michele Bruno for pointing out this Ministerial Mandate Letter, dated today, December 16th, 2021 from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Minster of Agriculture and Agri-food, the honorable Marie Claude Bibeau.

As you may or may not know, during the recent Federal Election, the Liberal Party of Canada included the following on their official party promises:

Now that the Liberal Party has been re-elected, there are horse, and other animal advocates, who have grown impatient — but let’s keep in mind that the Liberals just returned to Parliament –  after re-election on November 22, 2021 – and again today is only December 16th.

I know, I know we are all very impatient but it’s a good sign that the same line appears in the official Ministerial Mandate Letter from Prime Minister Trudeau to Minister Bibeau.

It does not mean that the live export of horses for slaughter has been banned, it simply means that the Liberal Party has not forgotten their election campaign promise and that it is still part of the “conversation” and even though it’s not a done deal, it is BIG NEWS and you should all pat yourselves on your backs.

Again, it’s most definitely a step in the right direction – congratulations.

So what else can we do to bring about change?

Canadian icon and staunch anti slaughter advocate, Jann Arden recently posted the following:

 

AND you can click here and send a note, to not only the Member of Parliament for your electorial district but also to Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister Marie Cluade Bibeau.

P.S. There’s even a letter for you to use and/or personalize.

Want to do more?  Please see the Call to Action list here.

AND THANK YOU for all that you have done and continue to do.

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CANADA SLAUGHTERS HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

It may be hard for some to believe that tens of thousands of horses, including pets, are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption.

Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including  Japan.

The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT  horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.

In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan,  to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane. 

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CANADA SLAUGHTERS HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

It may be hard for some to believe that tens of thousands of horses, including pets, are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption.

Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union and other markets, including  Japan.

The barbaric slaughter of horses is currently not legal in the United States, BUT  horses, including pets and ex-racehorses, from the United States are shipped to Canada and to Mexico to be slaughtered.

In addition Canada allows for the transportation of live horses to Japan,  to be slaughtered for human consumption, and unfortunately the transportation of horses destined for slaughter within Canada, and by air, is far from humane. 

RCMP GIFT KING CHARLES A HORSE

RCMP GIFT KING CHARLES A HORSE

MEANWHILE IN CANADA THOUSANDS OF HORSES SLAUGHTERED🐴 Meet Noble: a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to The King. The seven year-old mare - who stands at 16.2 hands high - is currently settling into life at The Royal Mews in Windsor....

read more
TWO SLABS OF MEAT?

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VETTY & NEWPY BY CHARLOTTE JOHNSTONVery special thanks to Charlotte Johnson for sharing this with us... To whom it may concern. Attached to this letter are pictures of two horses. Can you tell if this is the same horse at a different angle or two completely...

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PONY TO PLATE HORSEMEAT FRAUD

PONY TO PLATE HORSEMEAT FRAUD

EUROPE-WIDE HORSEMEAT FRAUD INVESTIGATION  RFI JANUARY 11, 2023Decker was described by the prosecution as the "central element" of a vast fraud, having slaughtered a thousand horses at a municipal slaughterhouse in the southern French city of Alès, whose...

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