CHDC: "Compelling Proof" of Abuse at Canada's Leading Equine Slaughterhouses

 

The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition has posted the following statement on their website regarding undercover video footage at two Canadian equine slaughterhouses:

 

In late February 2010, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) received hidden camera footage of horse slaughter practices at Viande Richelieu in Quebec and Bouvry Exports in Alberta - the latter known as the largest exporter of horsemeat in North America. The CHDC has compelling proof that puts into question the effectiveness of the assembly-line slaughter of horses. The evidence demonstrates that both the facilities in Alberta and Quebec fail to meet humane slaughter standards used by the CFIA to audit Canadian slaughterhouses.

To view compilations of the footage obtained, please click on the YouTube links below.


WARNING: Content is very graphic and could be disturbing to some viewers.

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/TwylaFrancois (added by Barnmice Admin., as the videos at the links below have been flagged and may not be viewable unless you are signed in.]

 

 

Link to Photo Slideshow
Photo stills on Flickr

For footage indexes, report and photo stills, click links below:
Bouvry Index
Richelieu Index

 

Also on the CHDC website is a statement from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA):

 

The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) is appalled by evidence of grossly inhumane slaughter of horses taking place in Canada. We have been sent video footage that is stated to have been taken recently in Bouvry Exports Calgary Ltd slaughterhouse in Fort Macleod, Alberta and Viande Richelieu Inc./Richelieu Meat Inc. slaughterhouse in Massueville, Quebec.

It is clear that neither the facilities nor the behaviour of the personnel shown are suited to the humane slaughter of horses, and that extreme suffering results for many individual animals. Problems include failure to restrain each animal's head properly before shooting, shooting from too great a distance, shooting in the wrong part of the head or body, failure to follow up with an immediate second shot in animals that were not killed by the first, hoisting apparently conscious animals, and - in the case of the Richelieu plant - cruel handling and treatment of the horses, including excessive whipping and overuse of an electric prod as well as an apparent callous disregard for the animals' suffering. An additional cause of very major concern is the presence of what appear to be either plant supervisors or inspectors who observe the employees' actions and yet do nothing.

 

To read the complete WSPA statement, as well as updates on this emerging story, please go to: http://www.defendhorsescanada.org/ChambersofCarnage.html

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