Draft horses are shipped by air from Canada to Japan to be slaughtered for human consumption.  The  inhumane manner in which they are shipped, in no way resembles how horses NOT destined for slaughter, are transported by air.

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Flights carrying 80 to 120 live Belgian draft horses and Belgian crosses, leave three Canadian airports,  Calgary International Airport (YYC), Winnipeg James Armstrong International Airport (WYG) and Edmonton International Airport (YEG).

The horses are shipped 3 or 4 to a crate even though Canadian and international regulations clearly state that they are to be shipped one to a crate.

These horses are shipped to Japan to be slaughtered for human consumption.

Unlike horses slaughtered within Canada for human consumption these horses are bred for this purpose in Manitoba and Alberta.

This inhumane, unnecessary, disgusting business is a $25 million a year business.

Korean Air Cargo, Atlas Air Cargo and Air Nippon Cargo are the carriers used.

The flights leave the airports anywhere between 2:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. under the cover of darkness, when there are not any passenger flights on the tarmac to see the horses waiting to be loaded into the 747 cargo jets.

If the horses are bred in Manitoba, the journey by truck depending on road and weather condistions  is  4 to 5 hours.

It takes about 5 hours to load the horses into the crates (Do you think they go quietly and willingly?) and some flights stop in ANC/Anchorage, Alaska,

It’s a 2+ hour flight to ANC from YWG and they are in ANC for approximately 2 hours with the cargo hold sealed.

The flight to Japan is another 14 hours.

During the flight,  horses slip and fall because of the turbulence, and as you can well imagine their crates are wet and slippery with their urine and stools.

Unfortunately, as a result, horses have died or been severely injured when trampled by their crate mates enroute.

They cannot lie down, they do not get any food or water from the moment they get on the trucks to the airport, until they reach the feedlot at the  slaughter house in Japan.

Have you been keeping track of how many hours these poor horses  go without food and water?

These horses are anywhere from 18 months old to 3 years old,  so they are just babies.

In the following photo, you can see that these horses do not have room to put their heads up in a normal position.

MORE THAN ONE HORSE PER CRATE IS A VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING REGULATIONS

THIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE IATA LARS,  (Live Animal Regulations for Shipping).

That netting and the top of their crates  will barely clear the cargo hold ceiling for loading.

Imagine.  In the dark.  For 18 to 20 hours, in the cargo hold of a 747, unable to put your head up, unable to lie down, and your 2 or 3 other crate mates are just as terrified as you are.

You’ll endure turbulence while crammed in a crate with 2 to 3 other horses, plus 2 takeoffs and 2 landings.  Again, while crammed in with other horses.

You will of course be afraid you’re going to die, and you can’t escape.

In the end, after all this fear, pain and suffering,  you are indeed going to die.

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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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