Photos: Canadian Horse Defence Coalition
- Each month, gentle draft horses are packed into crowded crates and shipped on cargo planes from Canadian airports to be slaughtered for meat.
- Horses can legally go up to 28 hours without food, water, or rest.
- Flights have resulted in injuries and death.
- Bill C-355, which aims to ban the export of horses for slaughter, recently passed the Agriculture Committee and will move to its final vote in the House of Commons before going to the Senate.