FEI & USEF UKRAINE RELIEF FUND
US Equestrian will be joining up with the FEI in their recently announced efforts to provide support to the equestrian community of Ukraine by establishing the USEF Ukraine Relief Fund.
100% of funds collected will go to the FEI solidarity relief fund and directly to those in need of support.
FEI is liaising closely with the Ukraninan equestrian federation and neighboring countries to facilitate support.
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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.
WHO – NOT WHAT – IS A NURSE MARE FOAL?
WHEN YOU SUPPORT HORSE RACING When you support racing you support the slaughter of a little-known “by-product” of the racing industry, “nurse mare foals“. Many nurse mare foals are slaughtered immediately after their birth, not necessarily using humane methods.You...
YOU may be eating HORSE without knowing
This blog post is worthy of a re-post. You may also be interested in Happy Canada (Slaughters Horses) Day as well.Why aren't Canadian food inspectors surprised there's horse meat in YOUR sausages? Beware, summer BBQ-ers: there could be horse meat in your pork...
Horses are Slaughtered in Canada for Human Consumption?
I hate to admit this but until 2010 I had no idea that horses were regularly slaughtered for human consumption. Seriously, I thought I must be hearing things. People eat horse meat? People send their horses to auction, their pets, their companions, without setting a...
