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by Marie Bennett | Sep 28, 2019 | Ban Horse Slaughter, Horse meat, Horse meat human consumption, Horse Protection Initiatives Canada, Horse Slaughter, Horses slaughtered for meat, Marie Dean, MARIE DEAN HORSE PROTECTION INITIATIVES CANADA, MDHPIC, Vehicle Donation

The founders of Ban Horse Slaughter sit on a variety of not-for-profit boards and with our experience and your help…

We are determined to once and for all stop the needless, barbaric slaughter of horses (or any other equine) within Canada – including those imported from the USA — and to stop the inhumane export of horses from Canada to Japan — or any other market — for slaughter.

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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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American Wild Horses slaughtered for human consumption

by Marie Bennett | Sep 19, 2019 | Ban Horse Slaughter, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Canada Day, FAQs, Horse meat, Horse meat human consumption, Horse Slaughter, Horses slaughtered for meat, Inhumane Transport, Japan, South Korea, Wild Horses

Picture: Bureau of Land Management Oregon

Excerpts from an article by Sam Block from https://newfoodeconomy.org

“Equine slaughter has been banned in America for over a decade. But the horse meat trade is still thriving.”

“For decades, BLM has rounded up wild horses and burros, aiming to do it every three to five years. Right now, a round-up is underway in Nevada. Last year, the bureau removed 11,472 wild horses and burros nationwide, more than in the three previous years combined. But its taxpayer-funded corrals and pastures, where horses wait to be sold or adopted, are nearing capacity.

The pressing question is where to put this growing population once existing options are full. Slaughtering horses for food is illegal in the U.S., but a market exists beyond our borders, in Europe, Japan and Russia. This is why brokers called “kill buyers” send trailers full of horses, both wild and domestic, into Mexico and Canada, where slaughter is legal. Last year, 81,573 horses made the trip.

Wild horses are a minority in the disposable horse population, though they have an impact out of proportion to their numbers: They make it more difficult for ranchers to raise the cattle we eat. Once shipped out of the U.S., they are outnumbered at foreign slaughterhouses by privately-owned riding horses or racehorses sold for an array of reasons—too old, too small for a growing rider, too expensive, not fast enough, or excessive in some way that an owner found intolerable.”