Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada 

 www.horsewelfare.ca

• Future of the Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada We are looking to you, our partners and contacts, for direction on the future of HWAC. In order for HWAC to continue with its mandate we must become objectively and financially sustainable with an identifiable structure and management protocols. Please call Bill desBarres at 403-526-1070 or email info@horsewelfare.ca for more details or to discuss options.
• Equine Information Document (EID) Effective July 31 it is mandatory for all Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspected facilities in Canada engaged in the slaughter of equine for edible purposes to have complete records for all animals (domestic and imported) presented for slaughter.
• Blank EID form added to web site Private Members Bill C-544 to ban horse slaughter Contact your elected official and explain that shutting down the licensed horse processing plants in Canada would have no affect on food safety, it would however, have a very adverse affect on the welfare of horses in North America. Visit the web site for a link to the MP list and examples of responses from industry and a constituent.
• Horse Welfare and Rodeos 9 Jul 2010, media release Humane treatment of all animals is top priority at rodeos 09 Read more...
• Horse Health Ionophore Toxicosis - The death of three horses, alleged to have resulted from eating feed medicated or contaminated with the ionophore, Rumensin