Articles

North America’s Century of Shame
A White Paper by Allen Warren of Horse Harbor Foundation

Norval Meats Permanent Closure and Memorial
Norval Meats, Ontario’s last horse slaughter plant, has recently been removed from the list of federally inspected plants.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Chambers of Carnage
A Sweeping Undercover Investigation of Canada’s Leading Equine Slaughterhouses

Natural Valley Farms Not Re-Opening
Community members at Carry the Kettle First Nations voted no to horse slaughter plant

Concerns regarding Carry the Kettle
Letter to Carry the Kettle First Nations from CHDC

Letter to Editor of MacLean’s
by Denise Lockhart

Horse slaughter dream a financial nightmare 
“Natural Valley Farms died the day the decision makers chose to kill horses”

Pregnant mare, 2 other wild Alberta horses found shot to death
Evidence at the scene indicates that the mare went into labour after she was shot

Showdown at Horse Slaughter Pass
April 25, 2009 by John Holland

Prices Soaring for Unwanted Horses
March 21, 2009 by John Holland

The issue of horse slaughter
An article from Down The Stretch

Quarter horses born for slaughter
An article by John Holland

CHDC Calls for Audit of All Canadian Equine Slaughterhouses
Letter to CFIA

A Year in Review And Going Forward into 2009
Review of 2008 and plans for 2009.

Hormone use linked to breast cancer
Major American study ties hormone use to breast cancer

Canadian Feedlots filling up
Scenes from a Canadian feedlot from investigator

Horses on Japanese Plates
Horse meat will remain part of Japanese cuisine despite US ban on horse slaughter

Wild horses shot dead in Canada
RCMP investigates claim of killings

Omak Suicide Race
The deadliest horse race in the world

More layoffs in the PMU industry
Layoffs result in thousands of ‘unwanted’ horses

Last Roundup Feared
For Canada’s wild horses the future appears bleak

Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption
What is the state of horse slaughter in Canada?

Dealing in Horse Flesh
Calgary is an international source of equine meat.

Hijacking the Regulatory Policy
USDA regulatory policy has been ‘hijacked’ by the agribusiness industry

Economic Value of Horses
Where is a horse worth more?

The Slaughter Market
Where do the horses come from?
Where would all the horses go? What would happen to the horses if they weren’t slaughtered?

Horse Slaughter: an unnecessary evil
Profit and expediency drive the market

Animal Transport Regulations
This is a petition to strengthen the transport regulations for farm animals.

ID tagging program
Why is there this interest in a federal tagging program to identify Canadian horses?

Canadians on Horse Slaughter
64% of Canadians oppose slaughtering horses for human consumption.