Category Archives: Auction

Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund & Animals’ Angels release important reports on North America’s slaughter industry

Several months ago, the CHDC was privileged to provide video evidence and other information to Tierschutzbund/Animal Welfare Foundation (Switzerland) and Animals’ Angels (USA), in order to assist them with compiling their hard-hitting, recently released investigative report focusing on slaughter-bound horses … Continue reading

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Jobless woman rescues Point Given’s son

By Susan Salk on November 30, 2012 Elizabeth Reeves Smith of Lexington, KY., had been painfully unemployed for 11 months when she first laid eyes on the son of racing superstar Point Given languishing, all beat up and tired at … Continue reading

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Ontario racehorses slaughtered for meat – vet says

An equine veterinarian near Windsor, Ont., says thousands of horses have been slaughtered for meat in the wake of Ontario’s decision to end the Slots at Racetracks Program. Mark Biederman estimates 50 per cent of the province’s nearly 4,000 broodmares … Continue reading

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CTV London, Ontario story of Standardbred broodmares shipped for meat

CTV London, Ontario, ran a story last week about three older Standardbred broodmares whose owner issued an order to have them shipped to the OLEX auction “for meat”.

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A Home for Every Horse

Social networking group boasts 100 percent success rate for negotiating reprieves for slaughter-bound horses by Natalie Voss Lexington, KY – Recent legislation that opens the door for the re-instatement of horse slaughter in the United States has been making headlines … Continue reading

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AQHA President discusses lift of ban on horse slaughter

 AQHA President Discusses Lift of Ban on Horse Slaughter GoHorseShow.com Published 12/06/2011 – 3:26 p.m. CDT “The Association’s position on slaughter has never been about anything but the welfare of the horse,” AQHA President Peter J Cofrancesco told GoHorseShow   … Continue reading

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Horses in Ontario, Canada need homes ASAP

From Facebook: This is a group of about 20 horses that include pregnant mares, yearlings, geldings and mares. The owner no longer wants them and will be sending them all to slaughter if they do not sell. He’s selling them … Continue reading

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Sugarcreek Sale 25-Nov-11

We came across this auction result from Sugarcreek for November 25, 2011 and are posting it here as a tribute to the precious lives who passed through this auction and who will, no doubt, meet a grisly fate in a Quebec, … Continue reading

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Mennonites abuse of horses defended

Animals on the job October 13, 2011 By: James Jackson   http://observerxtra.com/2/news/animals-on-the-job/ While driving along the back roads and the main streets of Woolwich and Wellesley townships, one could be forgiven if they thought they had been transported back to … Continue reading

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Descendant of Ferdinand rescued from tragic fate

 Bernville, Pennsylvania – Her photographs, physical markings, and tattoo identified the grey Thoroughbred as Lady Empress, whose grandsire on her dam’s side was Ferdinand, one of the most famous racehorses in the Kentucky Derby’s list of exceptional athletes. What could … Continue reading

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