𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
𝟏,𝟖𝟏𝟏 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 bit.ly/47FKUsR

Government records obtained through Access to Information show 618 horses were exported to Japan for slaughter in Sept & Oct/'25 - all were young draft type horses born in 2023 or 2024

Investigation reveals more injuries and deaths of horses exported from Canada to Japan for slaughter.
Read the disturbing report here: animaljustice.ca/.../Live-Hor....

Horses 'still dying' after flights from Canada to Japan — and regulator seems unaware | CBC News A new investigation by animal rights advocates shows horses being flown for slaughter in Japan continue to suffer injuries, illness and even death, reigniting the call for Canada to ban the shipments.

..between September 2024 and September 2025 at least nine horses died as a result of illness or injury during transport. Nearly 300 other horses experienced injuries and illnesses...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

March 9, 2026
Another flight!
Another Korean Air left the Edmonton airport carrying horses to Japan to be slaughtered

Please continue to lobby MPs, the PM & Ag Minister to voice your concerns about these shipments - they need to keep hearing from Canadians
🐴🚫✈️

March 9, 2026
Another flight
Another Korean Air left the Edmonton airport carrying horses to Japan to be slaughtered

Please continue to lobby MPs, the PM & Ag Minister to voice your concerns about these shipments - they need to keep hearing from Canadians
🐴🚫✈️

📢📢The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) is updating the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines — the national guidelines that set minimum care standards for horses, donkeys, & mules across Canada

☑️Submit your comments by March 12
www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-pra...

Canada should not be shipping live horses overseas for slaughter. As @markjcarney visits Japan, we’re urging Canada to finally end this cruel, outdated practice. Horses deserve compassion —not crates.
🐴🚫✈️
#BanLiveHorseExport
#CdnPoli

Feb 23/'26
Early this a.m. another Nippon Cargo flight left the #Winnipeg Airport carrying #horses to Japan to be #slaughtered
Horses have fallen, been injured & died on these flights

1,811 horses were flown from 🇨🇦 to Japan for slaughter from Jan - Sept/'25! bit.ly/47FKUsR
More flights are planned

Feb. 2, 2026
Another #NipponAir flight left the Edmonton Airport carrying horses to Japan where they will be slaughtered.🐴✈️
Many of the horses on that flight were filmed while at the Alberta feedlot & again when trucks arrived to transport them to the airport
www.canadianhorsedefencecoalition.org

The third quarter #horse #slaughter figures for 2025 have been released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, covering the January to September time period.

Live exports ⬇️
US imports for slaughter UP ⬆️
Horse meat exports DOWN ⬇️
See bit.ly/47FKUsR for more details

They keep coming for the wild horses. 🇨🇦 In Alberta, there's a continual push to cull free-roaming horses on Crown land. The reason? Some ranchers want more grazing space for cattle. My… | Dr. J... They keep coming for the wild horses. 🇨🇦 In Alberta, there's a continual push to cull free-roaming horses on Crown land. The reason? Some ranchers want more grazing space for cattle. My regulatory b...

Bravo, Dr. Judith Samson-French!

In Alberta, there's a continual push to cull free-roaming horses on Crown land.

...the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association, has publicly supported it.

So I had a choice. Stay quiet and protect my career. Or speak up and risk everything.

bit.ly/3YvgzHV

Monday, November 24 - another Korean Air Cargo flight left the Edmonton airport carrying horses to Japan to be slaughtered.

Please continue to lobby your MP, Prime Minister
@mark-carney.bsky.social & Ag Min Heath MacDonald to end these exports.
🐴❌🛬

Every year thousands of young horses are trucked from desolate 🇨🇦 feedlots, crammed into wooden crates @ the Winnipeg and Edmonton airports & flown to Japan, where they are slaughtered for their meat.
Horses have been injured & died on these flights.
→ bit.ly/4ptsVvz

Sept 7/'25 Three horses fall as plane lands in Japan. Although a few were born in 2023, most of the horses on this flight were born in 2024 and all were females.

See bit.ly/47S0YX7 for additional details
#BanLiveHorseExports

The CHDC has recently learned that, in addition to Korean Air Cargo, another carrier has begun facilitating the transport of live horses to Japan for slaughter.

On a May 11 flight to Japan - Two horses were down when the plane landed
Details → bit.ly/47vKhR1

Another Korean Air flight carrying horses to Japan to be slaughtered left the Edmonton Airport 41 min later than scheduled

The horses pictured in the video below were filmed at an Alberta feedlot & some were on that flight

3,265 horses were flown to Japan to be slaughtered in 2024!

Canada’s slaughter horse industry lacks transparency - Manitoba Co-operator Horse slaughter is a fraught issue right now in the Canadian livestock sphere. The author writes that, while it has a role, traceability, transparency and humane handling must be in play.

"..without transparency, accountability remains out of reach, and the true scale and conditions of the industry stay hidden from public and regulatory scrutiny."

www.manitobacooperator.ca/livestock/ca...

The flights continue🐴✈️

Sept 29, 2025
Another Korean Air Cargo flight carrying horses to Japan to be slaughtered left the Edmonton Airport at approx 6:40 a.m.

The horses pictured in the video below were on that flight

3,265 horses were flown from Canada to Japan to be slaughtered in 2024!

Our Fantastic Supporters at Work!
Supporters like Bunny are the wind beneath the wings of any organization or movement to achieve change. CHDC is forever grateful to the wonderful people who support our coalition and the horses we work to protect.
→ bit.ly/46N0AIY

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On Thursday, we were pleased to join Animal Justice, Humane World for Animals Canada and 50 concerned citizens outside the Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton, calling on the government to end live horse exports for slaughter once and for all! 🚫🐴✈️

Beyond Local: WATCH: Protesters rally in Calgary against Alberta 'wild' horse management Read the full story and comment on AirdrieCityView.com

..feral horses fall under the jurisdiction of the Gov't of Alberta and are governed by the Stray Animals Act and the Horse Capture Regulations.

HAWS supporters dispute the government's counts and disagree with plans to control their population.

www.airdriecityview.com/beyond-local...

Feds slate purge of ‘checkerboard’ wild horses for Oct. 13 despite court ruling, sparking new lawsuit - WyoFile A federal judge and the Bureau of Land Management haven’t determined how they will remedy an appeals court’s decision that declared the agency's plans for eliminating whole horse herds illegal.

We have finally heard from BLM what their plans are for Salt Wells Creek and 1/3 of Adobe Town - no they are NOT planning to wait until our case is heard in District Court before acting to zero out these herds: wyofile.com/feds-slate-p... #wildhorses

he Horse in the Room: Rally to End Canada’s Live Horse Exports 🛑🐴✈️

Where: Outside the Liberal Party Retreat – Edmonton

When: September 11, 2025 at 12 PM (MDT)

Details → bit.ly/4pnHEJk

#HorseInTheRoom

Alberta's wild horses at risk? Group sounds alarm Read the full story and comment on CochraneToday.ca

Alberta - Advocacy group Help Alberta Wildies Society (HAWS) refuses AB government request to sign a confidentiality clause that would bar the sharing of committee discussions with the general public.

HAWS was removed from the advisory panel

www.cochraneeagle.ca/local-news/w...

New Horse Slaughter Stats Released

Compared to the same period in 2024:

↓ Live Horse Exports for Slaughter – 1,389 horses, DOWN 37.8%

↑ US Horse Imports for Slaughter – 1,403 horses, UP 13.5%

↓ Horse Meat Exports – 666 metric tonnes, DOWN 15.5%

Details: bit.ly/47FKUsR

It is distressing to know that horses continue to be exported abroad for slaughter, and many of you are wondering what happens next and how to help.

For suggestions and contact info check out: canadianhorsedefencecoalition.org/you-can-help/
#horseshit

www.horseshit.ca

Attendant used a livestock stick in an attempt to get a down horse up
Japanese authorities reported that one horse “is in isolation due to a fractured left hind leg "

Details → bit.ly/45hxX5K

Send the letter → bit.ly/4oxglfc

horseshit.ca

April 14/'25 - Korean Air flight leaves Edmonton airport carrying 96 horses to Japan to be slaughtered
Food, water & rest interval exceeds 28 hour max, horse down in crate unable to rise returned to feedlot, horse down during the flight, 4 fall upon landing .
More info: bit.ly/4nsdwLA
horseshit.ca