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As you follow along with Canadian Horse Defence Coalition and their mission to ban horse slaughter for human consumption, you will notice that Rebeka Breder is the lawyer who is handling a lawsuit appeal on behalf of CHDC against the Canadian Government.
We respectfully request that you take 2 minutes to support Rebeka in receiving recognition as a Canadian Lawyer, Top 25 Most Influential “Change Maker” — for all the work she does for so many when it comes to animal advocacy.
Please click the BUTTON below and then hit NEXT at the bottom of the page that opens, hit next TWO more times
until you come to the page on the survey that is CHANGE MAKERS.
Then simply scroll down and put a dot in beside the name REBEKA BREDER — at the bottom of the CHANGE MAKERS page.
Then to complete the survey you will need to hit NEXT three more times until you get to the DONE button.
Hit DONE and you will get a thank you message for completing the survey.
P.S. We know it sounds complicated but it really isn’t.
AND thank you in advance.
Over the last 15 years, Rebeka Breder developed a unique practice in animal law, and founded the first law firm in Western Canada to exclusively focus on animal law.
She takes on only those cases that advance the interests of animals. She was counsel in the first few cases to successfully save “dangerous” dogs in BC since the law changed in 2019.
She is counsel for the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition, which is appealing to the Federal Court of Appeal in a ground-breaking case, where for the first time, an animal protection group has sued the government over the transportation of animals in Canada.
She was counsel in the first pet custody case in Canada that recognized jurisdiction to allow shared custody of a companion animal.
She is counsel for clients whose dogs were shot by police, in cases which may impact the duties police officers owe to people and their dogs.
She is counsel for a client whose dog was electrocuted while out for a walk on city property, a case which may impact the monetary damages that may be awarded for loss of a pet.
She continues to be heavily involved in the animal protection community in her spare time, including working behind the scenes with a city councillor for making amendments to “aggressive dog” bylaws in Vancouver, being a member of local groups for the protection of animals and making various presentations to city councils for the protection of bears, trees and companion animals.
She was on the board of the Vancouver Humane Society for over 10 years.
She has given over a dozen animal law lectures internationally and nationally. She has been featured in media on various topical animal law issues and had previously appeared in a documentary on the captivity of cetaceans.
She also continues to spend a significant amount of time monthly to mentor students interested in animal law.
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Once again we’d like to thank Jann Arden for all she does to help support the banning of horse slaughter for human consumption.
American horses are routinely exported to Mexico and to Canada to be slaughtered.
Horses raised in Canada, including pet horses and discarded race horses, are slaughtered in Canada and horses are also shipped live from Canada to Japan to be slaughtered there.
The Canadian Horse Defence Coaltion is currently suing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for blatantly ignorning international shipping regulations and allowing horses to be shipped in conditions that are inhumane.
You can save horses’ lives with one of these T-shirts @ban.horse.slaughter help stop beautiful horses from being shipped overseas for human consumption. It’s awful…
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VERY special thanks to Patti Lippert for all that she does for so many.
Patti is tireless in her efforts to support horse AND donkey rescues. She’s also constantly working to help protect wild horses, and is a dedicated advocate for the banning of horse slaughter within Canada and beyond.
Patti not only gives of her time but she’s constantly donating funds and in this case she’s commissioned a design for a T-shirt!
Thank you Patti – you are AMAZING. M xo
P.S. January 2021: These limited edition items are sadly no longer available but may we suggest on of our other t-shirts, sweatshirts or re-usable totes with proceeds benefiting Horse Rescue Fund.
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I believe that we can all relate to how some may be facing financial hardships during this global pandemic, including horse owners and those who run, for example riding stables and horse rescues.
CBC has featured several articles in the past month including…
Link above includes a 46 second video…
“Since horses aren’t considered livestock, equine-focused businesses aren’t eligible for many of the government incentives that farmers or other businesses are, said Katrina Merkies, an associate professor at the University of Guelph who specializes in equine behaviour and welfare.
Not being able to afford to care for horses, Merkies said, could lead to them being sold to another industry.
“There’s a whole slaughter industry that is out there for horse meat,” she said. “And it would be a very sad thing to see a lot of horses entering that pipeline.”
Other news agencies are covering this as well…
NEWSDAY:
More horses potentially at risk of being sold for slaughter
Flynn, who is buying fewer horses due to the pandemic, said she worries that as the crisis continues, more horses could potentially be sold for possible slaughter overseas.
Striano said she has similar concerns, worried that barns that depend on riding lessons for income may be forced to scale down on horses, which would put older equines at risk of being sold.
“The older senior horses that are not making as much money for them will be gone,” Striano said. “That’s where we’ve stepped in. You keep a rider safe on your back for 15 years and your reward is to go to slaughter? In my book that’s not right.”
https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/horse-stables-barns-covid-19-1.44083008
PAGE 6: THE HAMPTONS – NEW YORK
Why hundreds of Hamptons horses could be headed for the slaughterhouse
“Horses that usually appear in the Hampton Classic could be headed for the slaughterhouse because of the pandemic, insiders fear.”
“A top trainer and a stable-owner tell Page Six that at this time of year city dwellers are usually heading out to the Hamptons, where they lease so-called “school horses” or “schoolies” for their kids for the horse show season that culminates in the famed Bridgehampton show.
https://pagesix.com/2020/04/25/why-several-hamptons-horses-could-be-headed-for-the-slaughterhouse
There are programs being developed to help those in need including:
https://www.fortheherd.ca/?utm_campaign=For_the_herd_Introduction
As AE Dyer writes on Facebook…
Write to your governments!
Local … town, county, province, feds!
They take all sorts of tax money from these businesses!
They [horse owners and riding stables] employ people! They buy “stuff”! They provide recreation services!
These are businesses where you do not just turn off the tap! Horses are companion animals!
NetPosse writes:
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You are heartbroken but know you have to find another “forever” home for your horse and have a tough decision to make.
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All of the horses in the video above were thought to have gone to their wonderful new homes.
Now no one knows where they are or what happened to them.
If you are thinking about rehoming your beloved horses, before you do please watch this video.
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Photo by: Jen Osborne
“These activists are trying to change that.
The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition is waging a court battle to end Canada’s role as an exporter of live horses and frozen horsemeat for human consumption.”
Marie writes:
Thank you Canadian Horse Defence Coalition for all you do to help so many!
AND thank you to Maclean’s Canada for running this article to help raise awareness.
Canadians of courrse recognize Maclean’s magazine but for those reading from outside of Canada, this is a nationally recognized publication that was founded in 1905, and reports on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.
Mann had read the Canadian animal-health regulations which require horses over 14 hands high to be shipped solo in containers large enough to allow them to stand in a natural posture.
But she had routinely observed groups of three or four large horses being loaded into one crate with ceilings so low their ears poked through the top.
“There was no way they had enough room,” she says.
She condensed her footage into a three-minute YouTube video and in 2012 gave it to Sinikka Crosland at the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition, an animal rights group lobbying to stop the slaughter of horses.
Here, thought Crosland, was the perfect opportunity to raise awareness for their cause.
Photo at top of this post: A rescue farm in Duncan, Vancouver Island, holds horses that have avoided slaughter (Photograph by Jen Osborne)
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