CHDC FILES GROUND BREAKING LAWSUIT
THE VIDEO EVIDENCE IS CLEAR
Videos taken at Canadian and Japanese airports show many horses in these crates don’t have sufficient head clearance, with their heads touching the roofs and ears protruding through the crates, contravening IATA regulations;
Flights can be very long averaging 10.5 to 13.5 hours long.
Additional hours must be considered for ground transportation, loading into crates, and loading and unloading crates from planes.
During this time, not only are horses crammed into crates that are too small, horses have no access to food or water.
It takes less than 5 minutes to contact your Member of Parliament and demand this barbaric and inhumane practice be stopped.
CANADIAN & INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS ARE BEING BROKEN
Horses are air shipped from Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, Canada, to Japan.
In 2018 over 7,000 horses were air shipped from Canada to Japan for slaughter for human consumption.
The number for 2018 was just shy of 9,000.
Make no mistake about it, as the recent CTV W5 Investigative Report above shows, horses destined to be slaughtered in Japan for human consumption are not transported with the same care and respect that show horses receive.
HORSES ARE BEING INHUMANELY TRANSPORTED
Section 141.8 of the Health of Animals Regulations states horses over 14 hands (56”) must be segregated from all other animals for air transport;
3 to 4 horses are loaded into crates smaller than a single horse stall;
Many horses being air shipped to Japan are large draft types over 17 hands (68”), contravening the Health of Animals Regulations;
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) sets out standards for Live Animals Regulations, stipulating that horses must be shipped individually and have sufficient head clearance;
IATA only allows exceptions for small polo ponies or Icelandic horses to be shipped in modified horse containers without partitions;
Large draft horses can be 3 times the size of such ponies, therefore contravening IATA regulations.
Canadians are horrified to see some countries eat dogs, yet in Canada, in a largely unknown business, beloved horses are being tortured and killed for their meat for human consumption.
Yes, really! It’s #horseshit
People are surprised to learn that horses are being slaughtered in Canada [for human consumption]. Horses that may have been someone’s pet. Perhaps even worse, horses are being exported in crammed conditions, to Japan to be slaughtered for meat.
HORSES ARE BEING SHIPPED CONTRARY TO THE LAW
Rebeka Breder
Breder Law Corporation
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
“One of my bigger cases now is acting for the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. We are suing the federal government for violating animal transportation laws.
This is a groundbreaking case as it is the first time an animal protection organization has sued the government over the way it transports animals.”
December 10th, 2019
Rebeka Breder writes:
“We are incredibly disappointed to learn that we lost the horse slaughter lawsuit against the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The court found that the CFIA does not have to follow its regulations and that it has the discretion to decide how to enforce them. We strongly disagree.
In this particular case, the law is abundantly clear that inspections of all horses must be done (by CFIA inspectors) prior to all shipments, and that all shipments must be certified as being compliant with the law.
For years, these inspectors have been certifying these shipments, even though horses were being shipped contrary to the law (ie, crammed horses into small crates, instead of being separated to avoid harming each other; and not providing enough headroom).
CHDC WILL APPEAL
January 2nd, 2020: Rebeka Breder TWEETS:
Starting #NewYear2020 w/ a bang! Just filed the
#horse slaughter appeal
@ the #Federal Court of Appeal,
w/ #family in tow, while visiting them in my hometown of #Montreal. And now ending day loving #vegan #sushi in #OldMontreal at Bloom. #animallaw
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