And despite the Prime Minister issuing a mandate calling on the federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food at the time to ban this practice in December 2021, over 2,000 horses have since been flown to their death. Yet there might be hope on the horizon for these horses!
On June 21, 2023, Bill S-270, the Horse Protection Act, was introduced in the Senate to ban the export of live horses or other equines from Canada for slaughter! And on September 19th 2023, Bill C-355, the Prohibition of the Export of Horses by Air for Slaughter Act, a private Member’s bill with the same purpose was introduced in the House of Commons