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Horse Welfare 2012 – The Year in Review….
© Heather Clemenceau Written by: Heather Clemenceau Horse advocates have had a busy year working to prohibit the importation or exportation of horses for slaughter for human consumption. Horse...
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Trot On! New Years Resolutions for Horse Advocates
Written by: Heather Clemenceau I’m assuming that you, dear reader, have already made your New Year’s Resolutions. Did you know that the average person breaks them after about one month? Yeah, all...
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Have the Tentacles of Horse Slaughter Touched the Set of Heartland?
Written By: Heather Clemenceau After a night of careful deliberation and a rigorous boxing match between each direction of my moral compass, I’ve finally decided to write about this issue. I’ve...
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Canada’s Live Export of Horses For Slaughter – Do Canadians Care?
Written By: Terry Stanislow THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE RANT. IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THIS, PLEASE TAKE THE EXTRA THREE SECONDS AT THE END TO REGISTER YOUR RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION. This video...
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Radio Hosts Eat Horsemeat On Air Despite Facebook Outrage
Written By: Heather Clemenceau Today’s post is dedicated to horsemeat propaganda, courtesy of Canada’s famous slaughterphile Bill DesBarres, who recently appeared on one of two radio episodes on...
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Mainstream Magazine “Horse-Canada” Wrestles Tough Slaughter Issue
Last year I was interviewed by journalist Liz Brown, who writes for the Canadian publication Horse-Canada. Sinikka Crosland, Executive Director of the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition was also...
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Join the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition in the “Walk for Ontario Farm...
2012 Walk for Farm Animals Horse welfare advocate Marie Dean will be representing the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition as team captain in the “Walk for Ontario Farm Sanctuaries” on August 25, 2013 in...
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Destructive, Damnable, Deceits and Denials
Written by: Heather Clemenceau Kim Craitor, Ontario Liberal MPP for Niagara Falls, Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake, came forward recently to applaud the “Stop Slaughtering Us” billboard erected on...
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CFIA Finally Metes Out (Some) Punishment to Horse Transport Firms
Written by: Heather Clemenceau Auditor-General Kenneth Ferguson has been critical of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and now that Health Minister Rona Ambrose has taken over responsibility...
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Human Casualties in the Long War for Horses
Despite many dedicated people fighting horse slaughter, horses continue to be dumped at auction by irresponsible breeders/owners, and are trucked for long distances. Horses endure terrible...
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Horse Welfare 2013 – The Year in Review
© Heather Clemenceau Written by: Heather Clemenceau 2013 certainly became the year of the adulterated horsemeat scandal! “Filler product,” comprised of horse meat and beef, is believed to have been...
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Bill C-571 – Between a Wedge and a Hard Place
Art by Jody Bergsma – http://www.bergsma.com Written by: Heather Clemenceau It’s no secret that anti-slaughter advocates are disappointed to hear that Bill C-322 does not have support in the House,...
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Canada’s National Equestrian Federation Continues to Support Slaughter With...
Written by : Heather Clemenceau Last month, Equine Canada, the comprehensive national governing body for equestrianism, replied to a direct question from Alex Atamanenko on Bill C-571, who asked for...
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Updated – Canadian Horse Slaughter Influences & Enablers 2014
Written by: Heather Clemenceau This infographic (downloadable here), updated over my original 2012 version, exposes the hand-shaking and back-patting relationships, endorsements, and...
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From the Animal Advocate’s Toolbox – Making an Access to Information Request
Written by: Heather Clemenceau For the last few days I’ve been watching the 2014 Equine Summit held at Equine Advocates, on YouTube. Aside from the knowledge and quality of the speakers, one thing...
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Backstreet Bully’s Revenge
Written by: Heather Clemenceau “You can’t kill that horse,” said Stacie Clark, who works for the Adena Springs Retirement Program, as she pleaded with management at Les Viandes de la Petite Nation...
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Torture for Profit – The Business Model of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Written by: Heather Clemenceau As if there wasn’t enough misery in the lives of farm animals……. By now you’ve probably read about the “Canadian Food Inspection Agency sanctioned” abuse at federally...
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Horse Slaughter Trends Across Borders – Google Trends Analysis
Written by: Heather Clemenceau As a result of their market domination, Google has become more of an institution than a search engine. As a result, Google’s search data is incredibly indicative of...
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Horse Welfare 2014 – The Year In Review
© Heather Clemenceau Written by: Heather Clemenceau So we’re concluding the “Year of the Horse,” which technically ends on 02/18/2015, until the next YOTH, in 2026. Will we see the “end times” for...
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The Horse Sushi Sagas – Reblogged From “The Gadabout”
This is a reblog from “The Gadabout,” a blog by a pilot who writes of his flying experiences. In these two blog posts written several years ago, he gives his personal accounting of live horse...
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