Horse Meat

• Animal welfare organizations calling on CFIA to immediately halt exporting live horses

  A group of animal rights organizations are calling on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to halt the practice of exporting live horses overseas for slaughter.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2024
  
• Jann Arden petitions federal government to ban live horse exports for slaughter

  Thousands of Canadians are petitioning the federal Liberals to live up to their election promise to ban the live export of horses for slaughter.

  Politics

  Feb 20, 2023
  
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• Winnipeg Humane Society takes stand against export of horses for slaughter

  Video of over a hundred horses sitting on the freezing tarmac of Winnipeg's airport has led animal rights activists to call on the federal government for change.

  Feb 10, 2021
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• Jann Arden among protesters demanding change for live horse trade overseas as shipment departs Calgary

  Jann Arden drew attention to the export of draft horses to Japan for slaughter as a shipment prepared to depart Calgary on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2020
• Woman says she outbid meat buyer on 2 horses, shocked to find out they are from Fort Edmonton Park

  A Parkland County woman who says she recently outbid a meat buyer to acquire two horses at an auction was shocked to find out they were from Fort Edmonton Park.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2019
• Alberta man charged with illegally selling horses to slaughterhouse

  A man in southern Alberta is facing charges after a woman's two horses were sold to a slaughterhouse and processed without her knowledge.

  Crime

  May 2, 2018
• Thousands of wild horses could be slaughtered if Trump budget cuts pass

  Animal activists claim cuts to wild horse protections within President Donald Trump's proposed federal budget could see thousands of horses, an icon of the American west, put at risk of being sent for slaughter.

  Environment

  Oct 27, 2017
• Live horses shipped from Canadian airports to Japan for slaughter

  At least twice a year, horses from Manitoba are loaded onto a plane in Winnipeg and sent halfway across the world for slaughter.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2017
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• Reaction to horse meat on restaurant menu overblown: Toronto chef

  Chef says the horse meat came from a Canadian farm that raises the animals sustainably for human consumption.

  Canada

  May 12, 2017
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• Swedish rider defends decision to eat her horse after it was put down

  Helena Ståhl said the decision to put down her horse was difficult, but choosing to eat it was easy.

  World

  Jan 8, 2016