MANITOBA ANIMAL SAVE

MANITOBA ANIMAL SAVE

THANK YOU DANAE TONGE

Most people were asleep at 4:00 a.m.

But in the wee hours of February 23rd, 2026 Danae Tonge was not.

For years now, Danae — with Manitoba Animal Save — has left her home, her family, and any reasonable sense of comfort to hang out in a dark lot beside Winnipeg’s airport and document something most Canadians never see.

She has done it in suffocating summer heat.

She has done it in punishing winter cold.

She has done it in the middle of the night, over and over again.

Countless hours.

No pay.

No spotlight.

This morning of February 23, 2026 was another one of those mornings.

A Nippon Cargo aircraft departed Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport carrying more horses destined for slaughter in Japan.

The flight left more than an hour behind schedule — but the horses had already been there, unloaded from trailers, moved into the building, packed into wooden crates, and towed out to the tarmac to wait.

Typically, three or four large horses are forced into each crate.

Some have fallen.

Some have been injured.

Some have died.

From the moment they leave the feedlot until they arrive at a quarantine facility in Japan, they are provided no food or water.

Canadian regulations allow up to 28 hours without food, water, or rest — a limit that has repeatedly been pushed to the edge and beyond.

Between January 1 and September 30, 2025, 1,811 horses were flown from Canada to Japan for slaughter.

More flights are planned.

Because of Danae — and others who show up — this trade cannot pretend it happens quietly, or humanely, or without consequence.

Thank you, Danae, for speaking up for horses who can’t speak for themselves.

YOU CAN HELP STOP THIS BARBARIC PRACTICE

Every year, thousands of horses in Canada are flown overseas for slaughter — including to Japan.  The way in which they are transported in no way resembes how show, race or other sport horses are shipped.

These long-haul flights are legally permitted to last up to 28 hours, but evidence shows that this limit is often exceeded.

Horses — large draft breeds — are crammed into wooden shipping crates with no access to food, water, or veterinary care for the duration of transport.

Documented cases show horses arriving injured, collapsing on landing, or dying en route.

In 2023, Liberal MP Tim Louis introduced Bill C-355 to ban the live export of horses from Canada for the purpose of slaughter.

The bill passed the House of Commons with the support of every Liberal, New Democratic Party, and Green Party Member of Parliament, and without the support of a single Conservative or Bloc Québécois MP.

Despite passing Parliament, the bill stalled in the Senate and ultimately died when the federal election was called in April 2025.

During Senate consideration, repeated procedural delays — including those led by Senator Rob Black — were used to run out the clock on the bill.

As a result, the barbaric live export of horses from Canada for slaughter continues today.

We are grateful to Senator Pierre Dalphond for championing Bill C-355 in the Senate. His dedication to protecting horses in Canada is deeply appreciated — and we urge Senator Dalphond to reintroduce similar legislation.

BUT THIS IS A TWO-PART FIGHT

Horses are also slaughtered domestically in Canada — including pets, workhorses, racehorses, rodeo horses, sport horses, and horses imported from the United States.

Unlike traditional food animals, horses in Canada and the United States are routinely treated throughout their lives with medications such as phenylbutazone (“bute”), dewormers, and other drugs that are toxic to humans and explicitly prohibited from the human food chain.

These toxic to humans substances are commonly administered without any lifetime tracking system or withdrawal framework suitable for food safety.

And despite less than 1 percent of horse carcasses being tested in Canada for toxic drugs — recalls of horsemeat occur.

ARE YOU EATING HORSE MEAT WITHOUT KNOWING?

A study funded by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and conducted at the University of Guelph found that horse meat has entered the Canadian food supply mislabeled as other meats — and the CFIA stated it was not surprised by the findings.

With food prices and cost-of-living pressures rising, it is difficult to believe that food fraud will disappear without stronger oversight and an end to horse slaughter altogether.

PROTECT HORSES & PUBLIC HEALTH

Whether exported alive or slaughtered domestically, horses are being forced into a system that was never designed to protect their welfare or public health.

With your support, we can push for legislation that bans both the live export of horses for the purpose of slaughter and the domestic slaughter of horses in Canada.

By signing your name to the following ready-to-send email, you are helping send a clear message: it’s time to end this cruelty — and the risks that come with it — for good.

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THE LETTER IN THE FORM READS…

Subject: Ban the Live Export of Horses for Slaughter and End Horse Slaughter in Canada

Dear Prime Minister Mark Carney, Minister Heath MacDonald, and Senator Pierre Dalphond,

I am writing as a concerned Canadian to urge your support for legislation to end horse slaughter in Canada — both the live export of horses for the purpose of slaughter and domestic horse slaughter within Canada.

In 2023, Bill C-355, introduced by MP Tim Louis, passed the House of Commons with the support of Liberal, New Democratic Party, and Green Members of Parliament. However, the bill stalled in the Senate and died when the federal election was called in April 2025. As a result, the live export of horses from Canada for slaughter continues today.

I thank Senator Dalphond for his leadership on this issue and respectfully urge the reintroduction and full government support of legislation to finally end this practice.

Horses slaughtered in Canada — including companion, sport, and working horses, as well as horses imported from the United States — are not raised or regulated as food animals.

Throughout their lives they are commonly treated with medications prohibited from the human food chain, creating ongoing animal welfare and food safety concerns.

A study funded by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and conducted at the University of Guelph found horse meat entering the Canadian food supply mislabeled as other meats. Whether exported alive or slaughtered domestically, horses are being placed into a system never designed to protect their welfare or public health.

I respectfully ask you to support legislation that bans the live export of horses for slaughter and ends domestic horse slaughter in Canada.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

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STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

REDLICK IS LOOKING TO BOARD 2 HORSES & OBTAIN OTHERSUPDATED JANUARY 2026:  Right now, Stephanie Redlick is most often using the name Stephanie Alessia. Her father Sammy Redlick is also operating under the alias Sammy Zee. These are just a few of  the over 30 names...

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CITY NEWS VIDEO

CITY NEWS VIDEO

THANK YOU DANAE TONGEWe want to take a moment — again — to say thank you to Danae Tonge of Manitoba Animal Save. For years, Danae has quietly shown up. In the middle of the night. In brutal Canadian winters. In summer heat. Leaving the comfort of her home and her...

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HORSES SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Every year thousands of horses are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption, but you can help us ban horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.

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

This barbaric practice is currently not legal in the United States, so horses 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 to Japan for slaughter, is far from humane.

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DEMAND CRIMINAL CHARGES

DEMAND CRIMINAL CHARGES

16 HORSES IN DEPLORABLE CONDITION SEIZED

In February 2025, Animal Welfare Services seized 16 horses owned by Stephanie Redlick (also known as Stephanie Alessia) from a property in Port Perry, Ontario.

The documented condition of those horses was severe: emaciation, inadequate winter shelter, frozen water, animals standing in heavy manure, open sores — and one horse so compromised he had to be humanely euthanized.

An Animal Welfare Services tribunal ruled the horses would not be returned to her care. She was billed more than $116,000 for their recovery before they became property of the Crown.

In a recent press interview Redlick publicly stated she has no intentions of paying that bill.

As reported by CTV NEWS, Redlick is currently facing multiple criminal charges for theft and fraud in two jurisdictions.

CRIMINAL CHARGES LAID FOR THEFT & FRAUD

ONLY PROVINCIAL CHARGES LAID…

But for the condition of the 16 horses, no Criminal Code charges were laid.

Instead, 13 charges were laid under provincial animal welfare legislation.

The Criminal Code addresses serious neglect and unnecessary suffering.

The documented state of these horses warranted criminal review then — and it still does.

Criminal charges can still be laid.

Use the form below to ask Crown counsel to apply the Criminal Code.

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THE LETTER IN THE FORM READS…

Subject: Request for Criminal Code Review – Port Perry / Oro-Medonte Horse Seizures

To Whom It May Concern,

I am requesting that this matter be reviewed for charges under sections 445.1(1)(a) and 446(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada in relation to the February 2025 seizure of 16 horses associated with Stephanie Redlick.

Animal Welfare Services seized the horses from a property in Port Perry. However, AWS charges were subsequently laid in both Port Perry and Oro-Medonte jurisdictions.

One horse was in such poor condition that he had to be humanely euthanized.

Documented findings describe horses without adequate shelter in winter conditions, water buckets frozen solid, animals described as emaciated, standing in significant accumulation of manure, picking through their own waste, and suffering from open sores. A tribunal later determined that Ms. Redlick would not have the horses returned to her care.

Section 446(1)(b) of the Criminal Code makes it an offence to fail to provide suitable and adequate food, water, shelter and care.

Section 445.1(1)(a) makes it an offence to wilfully cause, or as an owner permit, unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal.

The legal threshold is not intent to kill, but whether the suffering was foreseeable and preventable.

Where animals are documented as emaciated, exposed to winter conditions without adequate shelter or water, and living in unsanitary and injurious conditions — and where one animal’s condition deteriorates to the point of euthanasia — the circumstances warrant assessment under the Criminal Code rather than regulatory enforcement alone.

I respectfully request confirmation that this matter has been reviewed for Criminal Code prosecution and referred to police and Crown counsel for assessment under sections 445.1 and 446.

Sincerely,

[Name]
[City/Province]
[Contact Information]

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Crown Attorney – Simcoe County
Email: Paul.k.tait@ontario.ca
Phone: 905-836-5624

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STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

REDLICK IS LOOKING TO BOARD 2 HORSES & OBTAIN OTHERSUPDATED JANUARY 2026:  Right now, Stephanie Redlick is most often using the name Stephanie Alessia. Her father Sammy Redlick is also operating under the alias Sammy Zee. These are just a few of  the over 30 names...

read more
CITY NEWS VIDEO

CITY NEWS VIDEO

THANK YOU DANAE TONGEWe want to take a moment — again — to say thank you to Danae Tonge of Manitoba Animal Save. For years, Danae has quietly shown up. In the middle of the night. In brutal Canadian winters. In summer heat. Leaving the comfort of her home and her...

read more

HORSES SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Every year thousands of horses are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption, but you can help us ban horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.

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

This barbaric practice is currently not legal in the United States, so horses 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 to Japan for slaughter, is far from humane.

LEARN MORE HERE <==

We are 100% volunteer & crowdfunded.

0% goes towards salaries. Yes, ZERO.

JOIN ACTOR KATE DRUMMOND &

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FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR ANY PURPOSE
DONATESHOP TO SAVE HORSES

CURRENT PETITIONS

CURRENT PETITIONS

Horse slaughter in Canada is sadly, alive and well — both through the live export of horses for slaughter and through domestic slaughter here at home.

Horses are enduring brutal transport, and Canadians are being exposed to serious food safety risks tied to drugs never meant to enter the human food chain.

Parliament and the Senate had a chance to stop this.

Bill C-355 passed the House of Commons but stalled in the Senate and died when an election was called. That means the cruelty continues — unless Canadians speak up.

We’ve created a done-for-you email that makes it easy to take action in minutes.

Your message will go directly to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Agriculture, Senator Dalphond, and your local MP.

Click below to add your voice and help push for legislation that protects horses and public health.

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DEMAND JUSTICE FOR DAKOTA

DEMAND JUSTICE FOR DAKOTA

DON’T LET DAKOTA’S DEATH BE IN VAIN

On a blistering hot summer afternoon in Niagara Falls, a young German shepherd named Dakota ran through the streets in blind panic. She wasn’t just loose — she was fleeing.

Metal pipes clanged behind her as they struck the pavement, her paws tearing open on the scorching concrete.

A tight muzzle crushed her mouth shut, and witnesses reported that jammed inside it was a plastic bag.

Witnesses watched in horror as she tried to breathe, gasping through obstruction and heat, choking while traffic passed around her.

She was not aggressive. Dakota was suffocating.

Dakota collapsed on the sidewalk, her body shutting down from heat, terror, and oxygen deprivation.

Blood covered her. The plastic was still forced into her mouth.

As one woman tried desperately to help, Dakota fell and seized on the pavement and died there in full public view.

This was not an accident. It was a slow death that unfolded step by step, with multiple chances for intervention.  Multiple government agencies ignored complaints about Dakota’s owner Carly Young, before the situation reached the point of no return.

Dakota’s death raises a question no community should have to ask: when suffering is this obvious, why does it not automatically trigger a criminal investigation?

Animal cruelty laws exist to address exactly this kind of foreseeable, prolonged agony.

When a case this severe is handled as paperwork instead of a potential crime, the system stops protecting the vulnerable and starts protecting procedure.

Dakota is gone. What remains is accountability — and the responsibility to ensure that preventable deaths are treated with the seriousness the law was written for.

HELP DEMAND CRIMINAL CHARGES BE LAID

Dakota’s death cannot be filed away as just another “animal welfare incident.”

The Criminal Code already exists for cases exactly like this — where suffering is prolonged, foreseeable, and preventable.

When the legal threshold appears to be met but charges are not pursued, accountability depends on the public insisting the law be applied.

Add your voice now.

Send the email below and request that Crown prosecutors review this case under sections 445 and 445.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada.

Individual messages matter — they demonstrate public interest, reinforce transparency, and ensure this death receives the serious legal scrutiny it warrants.

WE’VE REMOVED EVERY BARRIER TO SPEAKING UP 

ON THE FORM BELOW…

This is a done-for-you email that makes it easy to contact the decision-makers who can end horse slaughter in Canada.

Step-by-Step

1. Fill out the form and if you live in Ontario please include your postal code.

Your postal code is used only to identify your local MPP so your message goes to the right office.

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A pre-written email appears. You can send it as-is or personalize it if you wish.

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THE LETTER IN THE FORM READS…

Subject line:
Lay Criminal Code Charges – Death of Dakota

To Whom It May Concern,

I am requesting that this matter be reviewed for charges under sections 445 and 445.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada in relation to the death of the German shepherd known as Dakota in Niagara Falls (Case #25-0058).

Eyewitness accounts describe a dog running in extreme distress on a hot day while wearing a tightly restrictive muzzle with a plastic bag forced inside, impairing normal breathing. Dakota collapsed in public after prolonged suffering — overheated, injured, and in respiratory crisis — before dying on the pavement.

The owner, Carly Young, has been charged only under the Provincial Offences Act. If convicted, this would not result in a criminal record and would not meaningfully restrict future animal ownership.

Sections 445 and 445.1 make it an offence to wilfully cause, or as an owner permit, unnecessary pain, suffering, or injury to an animal. The legal threshold is not intent to kill, but whether the suffering was foreseeable and preventable. A restrained animal deprived of the ability to breathe and exposed to extreme heat presents an obvious and substantial risk of severe distress and death.

Where suffering is prolonged, observable, and predictable, the circumstances meet the threshold for criminal investigation rather than regulatory enforcement alone. These Criminal Code provisions exist specifically for situations involving reckless disregard resulting in catastrophic harm.

I respectfully request confirmation that this case has been reviewed for Criminal Code prosecution and referred to police and Crown counsel for assessment under sections 445 and 445.1.

Sincerely,

[Name]
[Phone]
[City/Province]

AND IT GOES TO…

Mike Sokolski – Crown Attorney (Niagara North)
michal.sokolski@ontario.ca

Holly Nickel — Crown Attorney (Niagara)
holly.nickel@ontario.ca

Todd Morris — Crown Attorney (Niagara)
todd.morris@ontario.ca

Hillary Lowry — Crown Attorney (Niagara)
Hillary.lowry@ontario.ca

Michael Kerzner — Solicitor General of Ontario
Minister.solgen@ontario.ca

Doug Ford — Premier of Ontario
premier@ontario.ca

Doug Downey — Attorney General of Ontario
doug.downey@pc.ola.org

STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

REDLICK IS LOOKING TO BOARD 2 HORSES & OBTAIN OTHERSUPDATED JANUARY 2026:  Right now, Stephanie Redlick is most often using the name Stephanie Alessia. Her father Sammy Redlick is also operating under the alias Sammy Zee. These are just a few of  the over 30 names...

read more
CITY NEWS VIDEO

CITY NEWS VIDEO

THANK YOU DANAE TONGEWe want to take a moment — again — to say thank you to Danae Tonge of Manitoba Animal Save. For years, Danae has quietly shown up. In the middle of the night. In brutal Canadian winters. In summer heat. Leaving the comfort of her home and her...

read more

HORSES SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Every year thousands of horses are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption, but you can help us ban horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.

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

This barbaric practice is currently not legal in the United States, so horses 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 to Japan for slaughter, is far from humane.

LEARN MORE HERE <==

We are 100% volunteer & crowdfunded.

0% goes towards salaries. Yes, ZERO.

JOIN ACTOR KATE DRUMMOND &

HELP US SPREAD THE WORD

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THE ONE WHERE REDLICK ASKS CRYSTAL MITCHELL FOR HELP

THE ONE WHERE REDLICK ASKS CRYSTAL MITCHELL FOR HELP

 FEARLESS WHEN OTHERS BACKED DOWN

Stephanie Redlick, a name we heard for the first time, one year ago today.

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ ABOUT REDLICK’S ABANDONED FOAL WHO DIED – YOU’LL FIND THAT HERE.

Public smearing is a well-used tactic of Redlick’s — one that has previously caused people to retreat and disengage.

In this case, it did not work.

After offering help and having that help accepted, Crystal Mitchell became the target of an aggressive and coordinated smear campaign across numerous Facebook profiles and groups.

The intent was clear: to intimidate, discredit, and force silence.

Crystal Mitchell is fearless – she did not back down.

What makes this episode particularly striking is that several of the allegations Redlick circulated publicly about Crystal are exactly the charges Redlick herself is facing in criminal court.

Redlick’s smear campaign tactic may have worked to silence others. It did not – and is not working this time.

 CAN YOU IMAGINE CRYSTAL’S SHOCK?

Crystal Mitchell had her first conversation with Stephanie Redlick on February 3rd, 2025.

Crystal, her husband Jason, Crystal’s daughter Summer and a friend Celia visited the property Stephanie Redlick was leasing in Oro-Medonte, Ontario over the course of a few days.

This was after Jim Horne tipped them off about the horrific condition of horses, frozen water buckets, lack of shelter for most of the 20 horses, and how the few stalls were piled high with manure.

What ever hay there was, was mouldy which can be deadly for horses and strings were still attached (also can be deadly for horses).

Crystal offered help to Redlick – and Stephanie eagerly accepted that help – admitting that she was in over her head.

And although in a January 2026 Rebel News interview Redlick claimed that Crystal asked Redlick for helpscreen shots of texts show a story that is the polar opposite of what Redlick so boldly stated to Rebel News.

IT TURNED OUT THERE WERE 20 HORSES INCUDING A PREGNANT MARE

SCREEN SHOTS OF REDLICK’S TEXTS TELL THE TALE

When asked how many horses she had, Stephanie Redlick’s response:

It turned out she had 20 horses – after the foal died.  Oh, and keep going, there are a LOT more screen shots below…

“Except the good ones we’d need money for. Ranging from 15-80K.”
– Stephanie Redlick

AN EXAMPLE OF ‘THE GOOD ONES’ 

Again, we say, you be the judge.

Does this look like a healthy horse who is receiving quality care?

Please note the water buckets are blocks of ice, the “bedding” is a foot or more of manure, this poor mare is skin and bones and has sores.

Redlick stated she was going to get $13,000 for her.  Yes, really.

Redlick is currently advertising that she provides first class board – of course the pictures she’s showing are of are a barn she was evicted from and one that is not in Milton as she is advertising – it is 100 kiometers from Milton. 

But we ask you again, does this look like quality care?

BACK TO THE SCREEN SHOTS…
REDLICK IN BLACK & CRYSTAL IS GREEN 

REDLICK ASKS CRYSTAL FOR 20 BALES OF HAY 

Okay so let’s break that down, that is Stephanie Redlick asking Crystal Mitchell if Crystal has any hay.  She is not offering to buy hay, she is expecting FREE hay.

Crystal asks how many bales and Redlick asks for 20 bales.

Again, PLEASE NOTE Crystal Mitchell GIFTS Stephanie Redlick those 20 bales.

Stephanie Redlick also asks if Crystal’s family can help dispose of the dead foal’s body.

Redlick ultimately dragged it to the edge of the property because she didn’t have the money to call a ‘body disposal’ company.

Oh, and Redlick is ‘greatful’.

Wait a minute.  She ‘started’ to rescue at the wrong time?

But Redlick you told Michael Owen of Orillia Matters on May 22nd, 2025 that you’d rescued 150 horses.

Then in January of 2026 you told David Menzies of Rebel News that you’d rescued 1,500 horses.

Yet you started at the wrong time – in February of 2025?

Something sounds a bit fishy.

CRYSTAL GIFTS REDLICK 20 BALES OF HAY 

Redlick calls Crystal her hero.

Stephanie Redlick refers to Crystal’s daughter Summer as “a cool chick”.  (And on that point she is exactly right.  Summer most certainly is “a cool chick”).

Crystal is going home after working all day to load bales of hay to gift to Stephanie Redlick and Redlick is so stressed her head is exploding.

REDLICK DOESN’T EVEN HELP UNLOAD THE HAY 

Redlick claims she did all her chores but also states her stalls are ‘bad’ and asks Crystal not to judge.

BAD?  That’s an understatment.

Horses standing on a foot or more of built up manure – we don’t have the words. Water buckets are frozen solid. But Redlick did ALL her chores?  

Crystal is bringing a gift of hay – Redlick won’t be there to help unload it and Redlick wants it put in the barn.  Yes, REALLY!

Do we believe any excuses Redlick makes?  NOPE.

REDLICK RELINQUISHES 4 HORSES TO CRYSTAL

Jason, Summer and Celia were horrified by what they saw on the property and ultimately Crystal dragged the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to the property, who were also horrified. The officers took pictures and video and immediately phoned Animal Welfare Services (AWS).

We didn’t know it at the time but AWS inspectors were at the property in  December of 2024 and wrote orders – so Redlick was known to them.

AWS WROTE ORDERS IN DECEMBER 2024

Redlick v. Chief Animal Welfare Inspector, 2025 ONACRB 168 (Motion Decision released July 25, 2025) Paragraph 18 Exact text (copied word-for-word) “The AWS inspector’s allegations regarding ‘non-compliance’ (December 30, 2024)…
Speaker / source: The Appellant’s counsel (Redlick’s lawyer)

So what are orders? Well, in this case someone delivering horses Redlick bought via an online auction (late in 2024) to a property Redlick was leasing in Oro-Medonte was so horrified by the conditions of the property — and the horses who were already there –that he called the Ontario Provincial Police — who were then forced to involve Animal Welfare Services (AWS).

Animal Welfare Services Inspectors would have visited the property and written ‘orders’ – orders are based on a very low threshold or ‘benchmark’ of what is considered adequate care.

Redlick would have likely been given over a week to comply — or at least prove that she was making progress towards complying.

AWS is known for not being transparent – and that’s a fight that we are prepared to pick up too.

AGAIN, WE KNOW THIS WAS NOT REDLICK’S FIRST RODEO

For the horses to be in such deplorable condition the first of February – AWS definitely dropped the ball.

Again, Crystal and her family and friend were there the first week of February 2025 and AWS was in contact with Redlick as late as December 30th, 2024.

Before Animal Welfare Services showed up in February Crystal managed to convince Stephanie to relinquish 4 horses who were in the most desperate need of medical attention – one of whom was so far gone that an equine veterinarian, a specialist, warned from moment one that he was likely not to survive.

Despite thousands in vet bills and a heroic effort by Crystal and her family, Seattle Sunrise ultimately had to be humanely euthanized.

Crystal, her family and 3 friends all had their names dragged through the mud by Stephanie Redlick – incredibly outlandish claims were made and continue to be made by Redlick about Crystal and others.

REDLICK’S SO CALLED CONTRACT

Remember the contract Redlick bragged to Rebel News she had with Crystal?  The video is here and below you’ll find the so called contract.

Oh, and Redlick has also repeatedly claimed that Crystal stole her horses.  Of course the screen shots and so called contract say differently…

Stephanie Redlick is the one with multiple criminal charges for theft and fraud and 13 animal welfare charges.

This situation highlights both the cruelty some humans are capable of and the compassion of those who choose to step up, take action and show kindness.

Thank you Crystal for being you and for all that you do for so many!

OH AND REDLICK – PLEASE DON’T WORRY…

 When we say we’ve been sitting on the screen shots for a year – we mean that we haven’t shared them publicly till now but Animal Welfare Services has had them the whole time.

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STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

REDLICK IS LOOKING TO BOARD 2 HORSES & OBTAIN OTHERSUPDATED JANUARY 2026:  Right now, Stephanie Redlick is most often using the name Stephanie Alessia. Her father Sammy Redlick is also operating under the alias Sammy Zee. These are just a few of  the over 30 names...

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THANK YOU DANAE TONGEWe want to take a moment — again — to say thank you to Danae Tonge of Manitoba Animal Save. For years, Danae has quietly shown up. In the middle of the night. In brutal Canadian winters. In summer heat. Leaving the comfort of her home and her...

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HORSES SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Every year thousands of horses are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption, but you can help us ban horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.

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

This barbaric practice is currently not legal in the United States, so horses 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 to Japan for slaughter, is far from humane.

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THANK YOU NAYSAYERS

TO OUR CRITICS:  THANK YOU FOR THE FREE BOOST

We’d like to take a moment to sincerely thank a special group of people:

The naysayers. The scoffers.

Every time you take the time to leave a snide, dismissive, or downright angry comment on one of our social media posts—you do us a favour.

You might think you’re silencing us.

You might think you’re protecting your beloved racing or slaughter industry.

You might even think you’ve “won” because you left a comment shouting “this is fake news!” or “you don’t know what you’re talking about!”

But here’s the truth: you’re helping us reach more people.

Social media algorithms love engagement.

They don’t care if the comments are positive, negative, or from someone who can’t spell.

Every single comment you make pushes our post higher in the feed.

Your comments help get our posts shown to more people.

Your comments help our posts find their way into more newsfeeds.

Your comments are helping start more conversations.

So when you react with outrage, denial, or mockery—you’re handing us reach on a silver platter.

And better still?

That reach that you’ve helped us gain –  brings in support.

It brings in donations.  

It brings in people who do care, who do ask questions, and those who don’t look away when the truth makes them uncomfortable.

So from the bottom of our hearts:

Thank you for helping us spread the truth.

Thank you for boosting the stories of the horses you’d rather ignore.

And thank you for being a shining example of exactly what’s wrong with the culture we’re trying to change.

Keep those comments coming.

We’ll keep telling the truth.

And the algorithm will keep doing the rest.

With appreciation,

The team at Ban Horse Slaughter

STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

STEPHANIE REDLICK ALIASES

REDLICK IS LOOKING TO BOARD 2 HORSES & OBTAIN OTHERSUPDATED JANUARY 2026:  Right now, Stephanie Redlick is most often using the name Stephanie Alessia. Her father Sammy Redlick is also operating under the alias Sammy Zee. These are just a few of  the over 30 names...

read more
CITY NEWS VIDEO

CITY NEWS VIDEO

THANK YOU DANAE TONGEWe want to take a moment — again — to say thank you to Danae Tonge of Manitoba Animal Save. For years, Danae has quietly shown up. In the middle of the night. In brutal Canadian winters. In summer heat. Leaving the comfort of her home and her...

read more

HORSES SLAUGHTERED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Every year thousands of horses are routinely slaughtered in Canada, for human consumption, but you can help us ban horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.

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

This barbaric practice is currently not legal in the United States, so horses 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 to Japan for slaughter, is far from humane.

LEARN MORE HERE <==

We are 100% volunteer & crowdfunded.

0% goes towards salaries. Yes, ZERO.

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