{"id":17545,"date":"2014-03-11T15:14:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kb.webitgarage.ca\/the-montreal-spca-calls-on-canadians-to-support-bill-c-571\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T20:46:10","slug":"the-montreal-spca-calls-on-canadians-to-support-bill-c-571","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/the-montreal-spca-calls-on-canadians-to-support-bill-c-571\/","title":{"rendered":"The Montreal SPCA calls on Canadians to support Bill C-571"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montreal, March 10, 2014 \u2013 Canada\u2019s horse slaughter industry is one of the largest in the world, slaughtering an average of over 85, 000 horses per year. In addition to being inhumane, the industry poses a serious threat to public health and safety. This threat was recently exposed in \u201cTainted Meat<\/a>,\u201d a report aired by Global\u2019s investigative news program 16×9<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of horses who end up at Canadian slaughterhouses were not raised for human consumption, but rather for companionship, sport, or recreation, and thus most of these animals have been administered veterinary drugs at some point in their lives. Many of these drugs – including phenylbutazone, or \u201cbute,\u201d an anti-inflammatory drug routinely used in horses – are banned by Health Canada from entering the food supply.<\/p>\n

Yet the only requirement imposed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to address possible contamination is that slaughter-bound horses be accompanied by an Equine Information Document (EID) attesting that the horse has not been administered any drugs in the last six months. The EID thus only covers the six-month period leading up to slaughter \u2013 not the entire lifespan of the animal. Further, the EID essentially consists of a written declaration by the horse\u2019s owner and is therefore easy to falsify. Indeed, in 2011, the Canadian Horse Defense Coalition<\/a> conducted an investigation<\/a> revealing that many EIDs accompanying slaughter-bound horses were incomplete or had been doctored.<\/p>\n

In response to the public health and safety concerns arising from such weak regulatory oversight of the Canadian horse slaughter industry, NDP MP Alex Atamanenko introduced Private Members Bill C-571 on January 29th<\/sup>. Bill C-571<\/a> restricts slaughter for human consumption to those horses who were raised primarily for food production and who are accompanied by a complete lifetime medical record. The Bill is set to be debated starting this spring in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Montreal SPCA opposes the slaughter of horses for human consumption regardless of what purposes they were raised for, and thus advocates for a complete ban on horse slaughter,\u201d said Sophie Gaillard, Lawyer and campaigns manager for the Montreal SPCA\u2019s Animal Advocacy Department. \u201cHowever, because Bill C-571 would significantly reduce the number of horses who end up at the slaughterhouse, we believe that it is a step in the right direction.\u201d To view the SPCA\u2019s position on horse slaughter click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage Canadians who are concerned by the inhumane conditions in which horses are slaughtered in this country, as well as those preoccupied with food safety, to contact their MP in support of Bill C-571,\u201d said Gaillard. To contact your MP about Bill C-571, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Media Contact:<\/p>\n

Me Sophie Gaillard<\/p>\n

514-735-2711 ext. 2248<\/p>\n

sgaillard@spcamontreal.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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