Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute thinks these new rules could be a blow to the horse slaughter industry, but only if actually implemented. Tags: canada meat horse slaughter Slaughterhouse.
Critter News
APRIL 25, 2010
Unfortunately, a record number of horses are now going to Canadian and Mexican slaughterhouses, where there is no USDA control over animal welfare conditions. I don't support the slaughter of any animal, but if an animal will die anyway, don't we want the best possible conditions? I just don't know. He's such a douchebag.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Of course, right now, they're just being shipped to Canada and Mexico anyway, where health and welfare standards are much, much lower. Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years.
Critter News
MARCH 15, 2012
Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out about the ritual slaughter of animals, but a Jewish advocacy group is confident that kashrut is not being targeted. This type of slaughter slams directly against Québécois values," the Parti Québécois said in a statement.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it. Crowds gathering across Canada to watch the Olympic torch pass through their towns will also be greeted by a 12-meter-tall baby "seal."
Critter News
JUNE 6, 2012
This article reaffirms my belief that it's more humane to slaughter horses in the US than to ship them for slaughter to Canada or Mexico. I don't like it either way, but one is better than the other for sure.
Animal Person
MAY 11, 2009
But Foot doesn't buy it and asks--again-- Yet over the long history of animal rights activism in Canada, it's hard to find evidence that the larger aims of such protests are ever achieved. Changes in the manner of slaughter (i.e., So it would seem that the mission was accomplished, and the means resulted in the intended ends.
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