Anti-Slaughter Group - CDN Horse Defence Coalition
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People and groups working together in order to ban the slaughter of equines for human consumption in Canada, as well as the export of live horses to other countries for the same purpose.
Website: http://www.defendhorsescanada.org
Location: Canada-wide
Members: 35
Latest Activity: Dec 12
Fall 2009 Update
Greetings from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition!
2009 has so far been complex around horse welfare and slaughter issues. We have come to realize how closely our battle to defend horses in Canada is linked to unrelenting efforts to fight for horses' rights and to ban slaughter south of the border. Please read on to learn about the latest developments and what you can do to help.
EU Regulations Affecting Shipment of Horsemeat to Europe
On August 25th, the CHDC and the US-based Equine Welfare Alliance (www.equinewelfarealliance.org) sent out a joint news release regarding the European Union (EU) April 17th notification to "third" countries that supply equine meat to the EU (including Canada). Requirements have been established by the EU regarding slaughter-bound horses, including the identification of horses intended for food production, a system of identity verification, a prohibition on the use of anabolic steroids & other prohibited drugs, and a minimum 6-month withdrawal period for veterinary medicinal products. The letter stipulates immediate steps required to implement a food safety program for countries supplying horse meat to the European Union. A link to our news release is here: http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/HorseGroupsCallonCFIAforAnswersonEUEquineFoodSafetyRequirements.html .
Dr. Claude Boissonneault of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) eventually responded to our letter of concern, "The European Commission (EC) requested that action plans for meeting the law requirements be submitted by July 17th, 2009. However, that deadline has been extended to October 17, 2009." To date there have been no updates to report. We will post news about any developments as they unfold. The understanding is that the CFIA is working collaboratively with stakeholders to enhance the Canadian system in an a effort to meet EU requirements. The stakeholders are abattoirs slaughtering horses, Equine Canada, Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & Health Canada, and the Bureau of Veterinary Drugs.
According to the Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada (a pro-slaughter organization), the only steps being advocated at present are for people to maintain health records for their horses. A far cry from the conditions mandated by the European Commission!
Response from the RCMP
After analyzing our June 2008 investigative report "Black Beauty Betrayed" on Natural Valley Farms horse slaughter plant, the CHDC opened a police file at the Broadview, Saskatchewan RCMP detachment. Under the Criminal Code of Canada, it is an offence to willfully cause unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal. Film evidence obtained for the report provided proof that an investigation was in order, as several horses were beaten willfully while in the kill box, and five different Acts covering everything from animal welfare, transport of horses, humane slaughtering and environmental regulations were violated.
More than a year later, a response was finally received from the RCMP. In their letter to the CHDC, workplace inconsistencies and poor practices were acknowledged, however they were closing their file due to the closure of Natural Valley Farms. Any concerns regarding worker misconduct will have to be taken to the CFIA. To view the entire letter in JPG format, click here: http://defendhorsescanada.org/images/rcmpletter090902.jpg
Petition to MP Barry Devolin
On May 20th, supporter Denise Lockhart and CHDC director Shelley Grainger presented a petition that Denise gathered, containing over 400 signatures, to Ontario MP Hon. Barry Devolin of Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock. Way to go, Denise and Shelley! A follow up meeting on September 24th was successful and additional signatures were presented for a total of 585! Mr. Devolin promised to table the petition in the House of Commons. In addition, he promised to write to Minister of Agriculture, MP Gerry Ritz, concerning poor transportation standards and lack of enforcement of them for slaughter-bound horses, the European Union's April 2009 directive banning horsemeat containing drugs and certain contaminants from third country suppliers, as well as the ongoing issues and concerns around horse slaughter.
We are awaiting Mr. Ritz's reply to Mr. Devolin's October 5th letter. Clearly, more pressure on individual ministers is required if we are to alleviate the suffering of our horses. We would ask that as many supporters as possible start gathering signatures on petitions with the intention of presenting them to your MP. The more signatures that they see, the more the Canadian government must pay attention to this issue. Here is a link to a petition template you can use: http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/pdf/sp070403.pdf. The CHDC would be glad to assist in your efforts to gather signatures and present them to your MP. Please feel free to contact us at info@defendhorsescanada.org to get involved.
Wild Horse Shootings in Alberta
In April, the CBC reported on the investigation into the shooting of another 3 wild horses near Sundre , Alberta . This brings the total number of horses shot and killed in Alberta , to over 22 in the last 4 years. For more on this disturbing story and about how to help Canada 's wild horse population, please visit the Wild Horses of Alberta Society (WHOAS) at http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/ . WHOAS is offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps solve these killings.
Statistics
Statistics from Agriculture Canada reveal that between January and July 2009, 31,140 horses were imported into Canada for slaughter from the US . During all of 2008, 42,319 horses were imported for slaughter. These tragic numbers reveal that US horse imports are on the rise. Interestingly however, statistics for all horses to slaughter in Canada (up to August 2009) are down 17% over 2008. Up to August last year, 72,191 horses met their death in Canadian slaughterhouses. In 2009, the number to the end of August was 60,478. While this number is down marginally, there are still over 1,775 horses going to slaughter every week in Canada !
US Mustangs
Many of you may have been following the situation in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana involving the legendary stallion, Cloud, and his herd. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced a new initiative that includes the "possible creation of wild horse preserves on the productive grasslands of the Midwest and East". However, the Cloud Foundation is concerned that the BLM is not following the law in the management of America 's wild horses and burros, and the Foundation questions why new preserves should be created. Instead, why not return the horses to their native lands? Currently 32,000 wild horses are in government holding pens. To read more, please visit the website of the Cloud Foundation at: www.thecloudfoundation.org. You can sign the petition located on the right sidebar, as well as call the offices of President Obama and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior.
US Agricultural Act Passes Senate
We are encouraged by news from south of the border regarding USDA inspections at horse slaughter plants. On October 8th, the US Senate passed the final version of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 2997). This bill was subsequently approved by the House of Representatives. In a nutshell, it prohibits any funds to be used by the USDA to inspect horsemeat for human consumption and therefore effectively bars horse slaughter plants from operating in the US for the fiscal year 2010. The bill awaits Presidential approval.
Subsequently, an October 15th Associated Press article quotes Montana Rep. Ed Butcher (leading supporter of re-establishing horse slaughter in America) as saying that French and Belgian companies didn't express much interest in a possible plant in Montana. For more insight into developments south of the border, see this opinion article by R.T. Fitch: http://rtfitch.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/opinion-montana%E2%80%99s-horse-%E2%80%9Cbutcher%E2%80%9D-turns-to-the-communists/ .
Horse Protection Initiatives
TRACS (The Responsible Animal Care Society) has launched a new program designed to help speed up the rate of adoptions from qualified Canadian rescue centres, and to alleviate the suffering of elderly, lame and ill horses at risk of being shipped for slaughter. For more information, please visit: www.tracs-bc.ca .
Horse Welfare Workshop - Sunday, November 15th
On Sunday, November 15th, CHDC Director Shelley Grainger will be conducting a workshop for people to learn and network on horse welfare issues. Topics to be covered include petitioning and meeting with your MP, horse auctions and transportation issues, operating a horse rescue, obtaining non-profit charity status and fund-raising ideas. This afternoon session will take place at Royal Canadian Riding Academy (RCRA) in Cedar Valley , near Newmarket , Ontario . Please contact Shelley directly at sgrainger2434@rogers.com to confirm your attendance to what promises to be an informative afternoon.
AND just in time for Christmas, visit the CHDC Shop at Cafe Press
The CHDC's mission is to protect and defend the horses of Canada from abuse, neglect and slaughter. All proceeds will go to work immediately to further this mission. Select from dozens of shirts, hats, sweatshirts, home and pet items at http://www.cafepress.ca/chdc . Help display the message while looking cool!
Your continued involvement in horse protection efforts is so important and so appreciated. Let's keep the momentum going!
For the horses,
Canadian Horse Defence Coalition
info@defendhorsescanada.org
www.defendhorsescanada.org
Greetings from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition!
2009 has so far been complex around horse welfare and slaughter issues. We have come to realize how closely our battle to defend horses in Canada is linked to unrelenting efforts to fight for horses' rights and to ban slaughter south of the border. Please read on to learn about the latest developments and what you can do to help.
EU Regulations Affecting Shipment of Horsemeat to Europe
On August 25th, the CHDC and the US-based Equine Welfare Alliance (www.equinewelfarealliance.org) sent out a joint news release regarding the European Union (EU) April 17th notification to "third" countries that supply equine meat to the EU (including Canada). Requirements have been established by the EU regarding slaughter-bound horses, including the identification of horses intended for food production, a system of identity verification, a prohibition on the use of anabolic steroids & other prohibited drugs, and a minimum 6-month withdrawal period for veterinary medicinal products. The letter stipulates immediate steps required to implement a food safety program for countries supplying horse meat to the European Union. A link to our news release is here: http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/HorseGroupsCallonCFIAforAnswersonEUEquineFoodSafetyRequirements.html .
Dr. Claude Boissonneault of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) eventually responded to our letter of concern, "The European Commission (EC) requested that action plans for meeting the law requirements be submitted by July 17th, 2009. However, that deadline has been extended to October 17, 2009." To date there have been no updates to report. We will post news about any developments as they unfold. The understanding is that the CFIA is working collaboratively with stakeholders to enhance the Canadian system in an a effort to meet EU requirements. The stakeholders are abattoirs slaughtering horses, Equine Canada, Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & Health Canada, and the Bureau of Veterinary Drugs.
According to the Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada (a pro-slaughter organization), the only steps being advocated at present are for people to maintain health records for their horses. A far cry from the conditions mandated by the European Commission!
Response from the RCMP
After analyzing our June 2008 investigative report "Black Beauty Betrayed" on Natural Valley Farms horse slaughter plant, the CHDC opened a police file at the Broadview, Saskatchewan RCMP detachment. Under the Criminal Code of Canada, it is an offence to willfully cause unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal. Film evidence obtained for the report provided proof that an investigation was in order, as several horses were beaten willfully while in the kill box, and five different Acts covering everything from animal welfare, transport of horses, humane slaughtering and environmental regulations were violated.
More than a year later, a response was finally received from the RCMP. In their letter to the CHDC, workplace inconsistencies and poor practices were acknowledged, however they were closing their file due to the closure of Natural Valley Farms. Any concerns regarding worker misconduct will have to be taken to the CFIA. To view the entire letter in JPG format, click here: http://defendhorsescanada.org/images/rcmpletter090902.jpg
Petition to MP Barry Devolin
On May 20th, supporter Denise Lockhart and CHDC director Shelley Grainger presented a petition that Denise gathered, containing over 400 signatures, to Ontario MP Hon. Barry Devolin of Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock. Way to go, Denise and Shelley! A follow up meeting on September 24th was successful and additional signatures were presented for a total of 585! Mr. Devolin promised to table the petition in the House of Commons. In addition, he promised to write to Minister of Agriculture, MP Gerry Ritz, concerning poor transportation standards and lack of enforcement of them for slaughter-bound horses, the European Union's April 2009 directive banning horsemeat containing drugs and certain contaminants from third country suppliers, as well as the ongoing issues and concerns around horse slaughter.
We are awaiting Mr. Ritz's reply to Mr. Devolin's October 5th letter. Clearly, more pressure on individual ministers is required if we are to alleviate the suffering of our horses. We would ask that as many supporters as possible start gathering signatures on petitions with the intention of presenting them to your MP. The more signatures that they see, the more the Canadian government must pay attention to this issue. Here is a link to a petition template you can use: http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/pdf/sp070403.pdf. The CHDC would be glad to assist in your efforts to gather signatures and present them to your MP. Please feel free to contact us at info@defendhorsescanada.org to get involved.
Wild Horse Shootings in Alberta
In April, the CBC reported on the investigation into the shooting of another 3 wild horses near Sundre , Alberta . This brings the total number of horses shot and killed in Alberta , to over 22 in the last 4 years. For more on this disturbing story and about how to help Canada 's wild horse population, please visit the Wild Horses of Alberta Society (WHOAS) at http://northernhorse.com/wildhorses/ . WHOAS is offering a $10,000 reward for information that helps solve these killings.
Statistics
Statistics from Agriculture Canada reveal that between January and July 2009, 31,140 horses were imported into Canada for slaughter from the US . During all of 2008, 42,319 horses were imported for slaughter. These tragic numbers reveal that US horse imports are on the rise. Interestingly however, statistics for all horses to slaughter in Canada (up to August 2009) are down 17% over 2008. Up to August last year, 72,191 horses met their death in Canadian slaughterhouses. In 2009, the number to the end of August was 60,478. While this number is down marginally, there are still over 1,775 horses going to slaughter every week in Canada !
US Mustangs
Many of you may have been following the situation in the Arrowhead Mountains of Montana involving the legendary stallion, Cloud, and his herd. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced a new initiative that includes the "possible creation of wild horse preserves on the productive grasslands of the Midwest and East". However, the Cloud Foundation is concerned that the BLM is not following the law in the management of America 's wild horses and burros, and the Foundation questions why new preserves should be created. Instead, why not return the horses to their native lands? Currently 32,000 wild horses are in government holding pens. To read more, please visit the website of the Cloud Foundation at: www.thecloudfoundation.org. You can sign the petition located on the right sidebar, as well as call the offices of President Obama and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior.
US Agricultural Act Passes Senate
We are encouraged by news from south of the border regarding USDA inspections at horse slaughter plants. On October 8th, the US Senate passed the final version of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 2997). This bill was subsequently approved by the House of Representatives. In a nutshell, it prohibits any funds to be used by the USDA to inspect horsemeat for human consumption and therefore effectively bars horse slaughter plants from operating in the US for the fiscal year 2010. The bill awaits Presidential approval.
Subsequently, an October 15th Associated Press article quotes Montana Rep. Ed Butcher (leading supporter of re-establishing horse slaughter in America) as saying that French and Belgian companies didn't express much interest in a possible plant in Montana. For more insight into developments south of the border, see this opinion article by R.T. Fitch: http://rtfitch.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/opinion-montana%E2%80%99s-horse-%E2%80%9Cbutcher%E2%80%9D-turns-to-the-communists/ .
Horse Protection Initiatives
TRACS (The Responsible Animal Care Society) has launched a new program designed to help speed up the rate of adoptions from qualified Canadian rescue centres, and to alleviate the suffering of elderly, lame and ill horses at risk of being shipped for slaughter. For more information, please visit: www.tracs-bc.ca .
Horse Welfare Workshop - Sunday, November 15th
On Sunday, November 15th, CHDC Director Shelley Grainger will be conducting a workshop for people to learn and network on horse welfare issues. Topics to be covered include petitioning and meeting with your MP, horse auctions and transportation issues, operating a horse rescue, obtaining non-profit charity status and fund-raising ideas. This afternoon session will take place at Royal Canadian Riding Academy (RCRA) in Cedar Valley , near Newmarket , Ontario . Please contact Shelley directly at sgrainger2434@rogers.com to confirm your attendance to what promises to be an informative afternoon.
AND just in time for Christmas, visit the CHDC Shop at Cafe Press
The CHDC's mission is to protect and defend the horses of Canada from abuse, neglect and slaughter. All proceeds will go to work immediately to further this mission. Select from dozens of shirts, hats, sweatshirts, home and pet items at http://www.cafepress.ca/chdc . Help display the message while looking cool!
Your continued involvement in horse protection efforts is so important and so appreciated. Let's keep the momentum going!
For the horses,
Canadian Horse Defence Coalition
info@defendhorsescanada.org
www.defendhorsescanada.org
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Comment by Shirley on November 17, 2009 at 8:33am -
The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued its 2010 Round-up Schedule which provides for the capture of a staggering 12,000 additional wild horses and burros, at the cost of 32 million of our tax dollars! Given BLM?s recent handwringing over the number of horses in government holding, this announcement is simply baffling. More than ever, America?s wild horses are under siege, their long-term survival increasingly threatened.
Nevada?s Calico Complex, with over 2,500 horses slated for removal next month, is high on the list of questionable removals and another example of BLM?s out-of-control behavior. This herd was last rounded up in 2005, when BLM left an estimated 575 horses on the range and gave the mares a contraceptive vaccine. Yet, BLM now claims there are over 3,000 horses in that same area, a preposterous number, even by BLM standards. Locals familiar with the herd are adamant there are far from that many horses left on that range. Indeed, only BLM?s creative accounting could find that a herd has quintupled in size in less than five years, let alone a herd under a contraceptive program!
Interesting background information: last year, BLM authorized a 300% increase in cattle grazing for the area, and the building of a fence that BLM itself admitted might cut wild horses from their winter range and cause them to die. Wild horses would also be locked out of the best pasture with the most abundant water during the driest time of the year. At the time, BLM justified its decision by arguing that wild horse populations in the area were minimal. A couple of months later, it came out with its puzzling claim of population explosion, setting the stage for this massive round-up.
Clearly, something here is amiss. Where did these 3,000 horses come from?
Comments to BLM regarding this round-up must be provided by Thursday, November 12, 4:30 pm PST to Jerome Fox, BLM, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 89445; Fax: (775) 623-1503; Email: NV_WFO_Webmail@BLM.gov (please be sure to include the following reference #: DOI-BLM-NV-W030-2010-0001-EA)
More importantly, the Department of Justice, which is currently investigating BLM for other misdeeds, must be made aware of another instance of this federal agency running amok. Please express your concerns over BLM?s questionable practices and continued mismanagement of our wild horses to:
John Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice, Room 2141
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
Email: john.cruden@usdoj.gov
(note: letters to the DOJ are not subject to the Nov. 12 deadline)
On behalf of America?s wild horses, thank you for your support,
The AWHPC Team
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign
www.wildhorsepreservation.org
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Comment by Rachel G on September 29, 2009 at 4:04pm - I'm so glad someone is finally doing something about this problem Canada has. Well at least america has banned slaughter, now its canada's turn. And soo it will be Mexico's. I am anti- slaughter and im not ever Changing!
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Comment by Shirley on September 15, 2009 at 1:56am
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"Are They Still Real?"
A young girl's question rings true as we continue to lose our herds of wild mustangs to uncontrollable mismanagement by our own government. Here is an update on Cloud's capture and release and what you can do now. Plus a preview of the new show!
Dear Friends of Cloud and his herd;
On September 9th six of us stood atop a low hill near the corrals where the Pryor wild horses would be set free. The first band to be released was Cloud’s. But, the family was missing the young members of the band and Cloud knew it. Instead of racing to freedom as he has done twice before, he dashed in a circle around his mares and lone foal, Jasmine. Again and again he tried to snake them back toward the corrals where part of his family was held captive.
It is the stallion father’s job to keep the family together and we saw a display unlike anything I have ever seen as Cloud swept past his band trying to keep them from returning to the mountain top. The whole time wranglers on horse back drove the band and yelled at the horses, trying to get them to leave. Cloud paid no attention to the riders on their tall horses. Instead he tried in vain to reunite his splintered family. In the end the mares won, racing away with Cloud grudgingly following. With tears in our eyes, we watched him disappear into the desert.
Two days earlier we had stood on high hill over looking the corrals watching as bands were driven in from the mountain top through the desert. My heart dropped as I spotted the pale horse in the distance with his band. It was Cloud. The helicopter pilot dipped and swerved, doing its best to bring his family in through the desert foothills. With the Black in the lead, the band broke back time and again, as if knowing what lay before them. Finally, the helicopter was able to press them into the wings of the trap and Cloud took the lead. The Judas horse was released and raced past him. What happened next was a first for me. Cloud completely ignored the lure of the Judas horse! When the corral came into view he slowed and the band pushed in around him, trying to run away from the helicopter. Dust swirled around them as Cloud stopped and turned to face the chopper and stood still for a few seconds. Then, he turned following his family into the corral. I have never seen this kind of defiant courage . . . ever.
And so, I ask that we take his lead. Courage is what we need now. Courage and tenacity.
We must keep up the fight.
photo above: Living Images by Carol Walker
SHOW PREVIEW HERE. The new PBS Nature Cloud program, "Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions" will premiere on Sunday, October 25th - many of the horses you will meet in this third chapter now sit in pens at the base of their mountain home. Please help us lobby for the release of the older horses immediately. You can read and follow our frequent updates on The Cloud Foundation blog here.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
Ask for the release of the older horses from the Pryor Mountain roundup, it is cruel and nonsensical to remove Grumpy, 21 year old mare, Conquistador, a 19-year-old band stallion, and the 11 other horses over ten years old. Ask for the immediate reform of the BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, call daily and fax your comments as well!
1. White House Switchboard – 202-456-1414 (fax: 202-456-2461) -- Ask for Senior Advisors: Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod. Ask for Michelle Obama too, her office is receiving a tremendous number of calls and they need to continue.
2. Call your Senators – switchboard 202-224-3121 and ask that they support S1579, The Restore our American Mustang (ROAM) Act
3. Call the Senate Committee of Natural Resources – 202-224-4971 (fax 202-224-6163) Email here. ask that they push the ROAM Act through immediately– it must go up for a vote soon in the Senate
4. .Join us for for the next Advisory Board Meeting and "Mustangs on the Hill"- Sept. 28 & 29th
Please join me and many others at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board Meeting in Arlington, VA on September 28th (click here for information). Make your voice heard – and then join us in DC on the hill for meetings with key members of the Senate as well as upper-level whitehouse and Department of Interior staff the following day. Our wild horses' hoofbeats need to be heard in Washington DC! More details to follow to be posted on our blog soon.
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Comment by Nyree on September 14, 2009 at 1:37am - Hi, I joined. :D
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Comment by Kimberley on August 23, 2009 at 3:16pm - I am glad someone is able to do something. I tried. I sent a letter to both the primeminister and the MLA of northern BC and Wataskwin territory in Alberta. I got no replies.
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Comment by Lori Tankel on May 26, 2009 at 9:58pm - I operate Heart Land Horse Rescue (www.heartlandhorserescue.org). I own a 6 year old PMU..it disgusts me to think that a horse of his talent and beauty almost ended up on someone's dinner plate...how many talented horses DID???
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Comment by Zoe on May 14, 2009 at 7:50pm - I hate horse slaughter. It's really meen to the horses. They don't deaserve to end their life that way.
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Comment by Circustrix12 on May 11, 2009 at 5:06pm - My horse came from the slaughter house. He is the greatest horse ever!
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