UPDATED MARCH 30, 2024:

The main FEEDLOT  belonging to the Bouvry slaughter plant in Fort MacLeod, Alberta, Canada — which for years has been used to fatten up horses before slaughter —  has been empty for some months now.

BUT horse slaughter has continued on a regular basis at the plant.  [RECENT HISTORY HERE.]

Reports are that the feedlot was sold to someone local who plans to use it for their cattle business — and activities observed by locals confirm the same.

It’s important to note that the absence of reports doesn’t necessarily confirm a permanent halt in horse slaughter activities, especially based on the fact that horse slaughter was paused last year for about 6 weeks.

MARCH 14, 2024

There have been recent changes in horse slaughter activity at the Bouvry Exports facility in Fort Macleod, Alberta.

In May 2023, reports suggested the plant was not slaughtering horses.

However, by June 2023, horse pens at the plant were filled again, with slaughtering resuming on Thursdays.

As far as we could tell horses were not slaughtered yesterday, Thursday March 14th, 2024.

This marks 3 weeks that horses – again as far as we could tell – have not been slaughtered at the Bouvry plant.

We do NOT have a report from Thursday March 21 – that is reliable.  There were animals in the pens but we are not sure if they were horses or not.

Our report from Thursday March 28, 2024 is also not reliable.

Again, we repeat it’s important to note that the absence of reports doesn’t necessarily confirm a permanent halt in horse slaughter activities, especially based on the fact that horse slaughter was paused last year for about 6 weeks.

Reports have circulated regarding a potential sale of the Bouvry Exports facility in Fort Macleod.

However, these reports remain unconfirmed at this time.

The potential impact of a sale on horse slaughter activities at the plant is also unclear.

PLEASE keep those fingers toes, eyes, paws and hooves crossed that the plant does sell and that new owners drop the barbaric practice of slaughtering horses.

Charges were laid against Bouvry Exports for activities in July 2021

Charges laid on July 17, 2023

First court appearance August 16, 2023

Information published by CFIA Sept. 8, 2023

Court documents dated March 6, 2024 – a plea of NOT guilty was entered on all charges.

These charges are laid by the CFIA – a Federal Agency.

Next court date April 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

Court House
244 Chief Red Crow Blvd.
Fort Macleod, AB
T0L 0Z0
P: (403) 553-5003

P.S. We would like to express our sincere thanks to an anonymous source who provided us with valuable information not publicly available on the CFIA website.