06-22-2017, 03:16 PM
Canadian horses are being shipped to Japan for slaughter. I find that disturbing.
Worse, they are not treated humanely while they are being shipped. Canada has terrible laws that fail to protect any animal being shipped for slaughter. It is bad when it is within the country. When the animals are being shipped to other countries they seem to have no protection.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0
The horses are clearly being raised for food. Since we don't eat much horse meat in Canada, they are raised with the goal of live shipment in mind. It seems a betrayal of gentle creatures that have long had special bonds with people. Horses have changed our lives by serving as transportation and they have helped us plow our fields. We have gained by our long friendship with horses. Now we repay the friendship by shipping them off to be someone's fancy dinner in another country.
Worse, they are not treated humanely while they are being shipped. Canada has terrible laws that fail to protect any animal being shipped for slaughter. It is bad when it is within the country. When the animals are being shipped to other countries they seem to have no protection.
http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0
The horses are clearly being raised for food. Since we don't eat much horse meat in Canada, they are raised with the goal of live shipment in mind. It seems a betrayal of gentle creatures that have long had special bonds with people. Horses have changed our lives by serving as transportation and they have helped us plow our fields. We have gained by our long friendship with horses. Now we repay the friendship by shipping them off to be someone's fancy dinner in another country.
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Catherine
