It doesn’t matter where in the world you live, you can phone & write & email the Canadian politicians who can bring about change.

Your phone call, letter or email doesn’t have to be fancy. 

You can even call after hours and leave a message.

Simply state, your name and  that you are opposed to the slaughter of horses within Canada and the shipment of horses from Canada to other markets to be slaughtered for human consumption.  

It literally only has to take 2 to 3 minutes to phone and email,  but YOUR actions are  incredibly powerful.

For your convenience a sample letter has been included below.  You are welcome to copy and paste it into an email, to use it exactly as it is – or  to edit it and personalize it in any way you’d like.

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)

Constituency:  Compton – Stanstead (Quebec)

House of Commons 

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada

K1A 0A6

Mail may be sent postage-free to any Member of Parliament.

Telephone: 613-995-2024

Fax: 613-992-1696

Email: Marie-Claude.Bibeau@parl.gc.ca

CANADIAN?

Phone, write and email the Minister of Agriculture and the Prime Minister as above and…

 PLEASE TAKE 2 MINUTES…

 Phone, write and email YOUR Member of Parliament.

Better yet, make an appointment to visit YOUR Member of Parliament.

FEEL FREE TO COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING TO YOUR MP — OR EDIT TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN.

Dear _________,

As you may or may not know, thousands of horses are slaughtered in Canada annually for human consumption.

Some of the meat is consumed in Canada and much of it is shipped to the European Union.

A 2019 Nanos poll showed that the vast majority of Canadians polled are opposed to the slaughter of horses for human consumption.

Most Canadians consider horses pets, and the same way we wouldn’t consider eating dogs and cats, we are appalled to find out that pet horses are slaughtered within Canada to be eaten here and abroad.

Perhaps even more appalling is the fact that horses are shipped via air, and as reported by Lisa LaFlamme on the CTV National news, often crammed 3 to 4 horses per wooden crate at a time, without food or water — only to be fattened up on Japanese feedlots and slaughtered there for human consumption.

banhorseslaughter.com/chdc-lawsuit

Make no mistake about it, as you can see for yourself in the recent CTV W5 expose, the way in which these horses are shipped, in no way resembles the way pet or show horses are shipped by air.

banhorseslaughter.com/w5

A 2021 MP sponsored petition calling for the banning of the shipping of horses to Japan for slaughter was signed by a staggering 77,656 Canadians — which as I am sure you know is an extremely high number of signatures for a petition of this type.

The majority of the horses slaughtered in Canada are pet horses, race horses and rodeo stock.  Horses that have been routinely treated with at the very least wormers, and in many cases pain medications that are clearly marked as not being intended for use on animals that are to enter the human food chain.

Recently there have been recalls of horse meat within Canada that have been found to contain meat laced with drugs that are not safe for human consumption.

banhorseslaughter.com/drug-tainted-horse-meat-recalled-in-canada/

The regulations in place to protect the Canadian food supply from drug tainted horse meat are minimal, and there are documented cases of stolen pet horses being slaughtered the same day they are illegally sold to slaughterhouses in Alberta and Quebec.

banhorseslaughter.com/stolen-horse-sold-for-hamburger/

banhorseslaughter.com/2-pet-horses-stolen-and-slaughtered-for-human-consumption/

In 2015 the University of Guelph conducted a study, and found that horse meat shows up on Canadian grocery store shelves, for example in sausages, but the labels make no mention of horse meat. So even those Canadians who don’t think they are eating horse meat, may be eating horse meat.

The study was commissioned by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and as CTV, CBC and the Toronto Sun all reported, the CFIA was “not surprised” by the results.

banhorseslaughter.com/canadians-there-could-be-horse-meat-in-your-sausages/

In addition to the recent expose by W5, Maclean’s ran an article in March of 2020, that was not flattering to horse slaughter within Canada, or of horses from Canada being shipped to, and slaughtered in, Japan.

banhorseslaughter.com/macleans-canada-is-go-to-of-horse-slaughter

Early in 2020 Canadian icon Jann Arden  started tweeting daily about the horrors and dangers of horse slaughter, to her 335,000 strong army of followers. She is as vocal on her Facebook page with 250,00 followers and on her Instagram account with 182,000 followers.  She’s even started a hashtag campaign and coordinating website:

#horseshit

horseshit.ca

Canadian actress Kate Drummond is also an outspoken advocate for banning horse slaughter, she’s using her celebrity voice and social media accounts to educate Canadians and Americans.

Recently Canadian television personality, Melissa Grelo of CTV’s The Social, has joined the fight against horse slaughter in Canada and beyond.

The word is getting out.

As more and more Canadians learn what is happening they are shocked and appalled.

It’s only a matter of time before more Canadian celebrities join the ranks of American celebrities including Tony Robbins, Bo Derek, Melissa Etheridge and Willie Nelson in speaking up about the atrocities of horse slaughter in Canada.

banhorseslaughter.com/horses-in-our-hands

(The USA has defunded inspections of horses at slaughter plants in the United States and as a result horse slaughter is currently not legal in the U.S., so horses from the United States are being shipped to be slaughtered in Canada and Mexico. That’s why American celebrities are speaking out against horse slaughter in Canada.)

So the question is, where do you stand on horse slaughter within Canada and beyond?

Please spare me the basic form letter. I would like to know exactly where you stand. Are you for, or against, horse slaughter? And if you are against the inhumane slaughter of horses in Canada, what do you plan to do about it?

Thanking you in advance!

Yours Name
Address
City
Postal Code
Email
Phone

PLEASE NOTE:

The website addresses included in the text above are not live links, so you don't have to deal with copying HTML from behind the scenes on the page, they will be clean as you copy them into your email.

Kate Drummond is currently starring in Utopia Falls on Hulu and CBC Television Gem.

Fans of the TV show Wynonna Earp will recognize Kate Drummond because she played Agent Lucado.

In addition she’s starred in Being Human and Dark matter.

You may recognize her from the long running CBC TV show Heartland, or from video games like Blacklist, Splinter Cell and Tom Clancy’s, the Division.

Kate loves inspiring others and to that end she’s been featured on TedxTalks with a presentation titled Chasing Dreams and Beginning Again with over 600,000 views!

Kate was one of the first celebrities in Canada to use her social media platformsto educate Canadians, and others, about the horrors of horse slaughter within Canada and beyond.