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- A List of Established Equine Rescue Centres The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition encourages the adoption of horses from qualified rescue centres.
- A Study of the Relationship between Horse Slaughter and Reported Cases of Abuse and Neglect Written by John Holland of the EWA
- A Veterinarian's Take Understanding and Appreciating Horses. Equine Behavior, Equitation Science, Horse Culture
- American Horsemeat This website is for informational purposes and to make public information available concerning horse slaughter and horse meat
- Animal Law Coalition Advocating for animals to live and live free of cruelty and neglect
- APHIS – Centers forEpidemiology and Animal Health For the Equine 2005 study, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) collected data on equine health and management practices ….
- APHIS – Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health Equine 2005 study, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) collected data on equine health and management practices
- ASPCA – Equine Protection Fund Emergency feed assistance is available to horse owners who have lost a job or had a medical emergency within the past 6 months
- Canadian Horse Defence Coalition website Link to the CHDC web site
- CFIA – List of Veterinary Drugs Not Permitted in Food Information about the EID and General Requirements for Food Animals
- Equine Guelph Dedicated to improving the health and well-being of horses
- Equine Welfare Alliance EWA is dedicated to ending the slaughter of American Horses and the preservation and protection of our Wild Horses and Burros on public lands.
- EWA Position Paper – GAO Submission many different state , federal and even foreign statutes and regulations . The Equine Welfare Alliance bases its opposition to horse slaughter on issues that will be discussed in this paper:
- Habitat for Horses Habitat for Horses is dedicated to changing the lives of horses and humans. Our goal is to create a world where horses are respected for their intrinsic value and for their ability to help us fulfill our emotional, behavioral and spiritual needs.
- Horsemeat and Drugs – the Definitive Resource Within these pages you will find absolute, scientific proof that horse meat from the US is deadly
- Mary Nash's Horsemeat Website Mary Nash passed away in 2005 at her home, a few hundred yards away from Dallas Crown horse slaughter plant in Kaufman, Texas. It was her life’s dream to see the end of horse slaughter. This site will be continued in her honor by those who believe as sh
- Saving America's Mustangs A Foundation for the Preservation of America’s Wild Horses
- Survival Tips for the New Horse Market According to Juli S. Thorson, contributing editor to Western Horseman magazine, there are several precautions horse owners and industry professionals can take now to help protect themselves in the future.
- The Humane Society of the United States – Humane Horse Remains Disposal This list is provided as a resource for horse owners and is for informational purposes only. Please contact specific vendors for more information on their services.
- UC Davis Veterinary Medicine – Emergency Euthanasia of Horses Consideration for Owners, Equine Facility Managers, Auction Market Operators, Horse Transporters, and Law Enforcement Officers
- Whitepaper by Allen Warren This paper not only proposes a change in the legal status of equine, but also delves into the pre-1990 history of equine slaughter – Jerry Finch, Habitat for Horses)
- World Horse Welfare World Horse Welfare are working for a world where every horse is treated with respect, compassion and understanding.
- World Society for the Protection of Animals Our vision: a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty has ended
- Worms & Germs Worms & Germs Blog is an educational website coordinated by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson of the Ontario Veterinary College’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses.
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It truly is a disgrace, which one is worse, the us taking them the horses, or canada slaughtering them. I feel sad, and yes i think we do have more of congress getting involved, they should be able to help, people can not give up, and must be heard over and over again until it stops.
If these numbers represented people, well, the world would be in an outrage! Our horse welfare federations, associations, councils, equine-related businesses need to start to be a VOICE for this disgrace in Canada.
The statistics show an increase in 2007 when ever kill buyer took any and every horse to Canada. In looking at the graph the population supply is actually going down when the 5 year drought would or should sho
w a dramatic increase. Does this mean the kill breeders are not increasing their stock numbers for slaughter or the effects of slaughter are depleting the sources. If the hypothesis that slaughter will eliminate abuse and neglect, then every country Canada buys horses should be filled with happy healthy horses being the one left.
Slaughtering a horses does not stop abuse, eliminate neglect, improve the stock, change the weather,make an abusive owner become “better”.
I am saddened that the United States and Canada both share the shame and resposibility for lining a few truckers pockets and kill buyers while making Belgium and China rich.
Apply the same logic to dogs and Canada and the United States becomes an ethically bankrupt country headed down a morally poisening path.
I feel the same way Kathy does. Sick to my stomach and heartbroken. I try to imagine these numbers and I can’t or maybe I just don’t want to. It’s kinda like imagining 6 million Jewish people slaughtered by World War II concentration camps. I could never wrap my mind around those numbers until someone actually showed me what 6 million actually looks like. Maybe we should have a post showing 9,000 horses in one grouping. Maybe that’s what people have to see to understand the enormity of this crime against these sentient beings. So sad.
These numbers make me sick. I think of all of the suffering behind these statistics and the thought of it just makes me very sad.