Global Calgary Bouvry Slaughterhouse coverage April 7, 2010

Global Calgary coverage of undercover footage shot at Bouvry Exports in Fort Macleod, Alberta.

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[TwylaFrancois]

Wow! Thanks so much canadianskye for keeping Dr. Evans' feet to the fire. The problem with their pandering responses is we now know that CFIA only has 2 options available to them in slaughterhouse cases - stop the line and correct the specific problem (but the problems are systemic and inspectors who stop the line are harassed and bullied) OR suspend the licence of the establishment - THAT'S IT!

[TwylaFrancois]

Can you believe it? There's no middle-ground allowing for fines, penalties or corrective action and accountability. So how can we possibly be assured that slaughter can be done humanely if they don't have any means of penalizing offenders?

[TwylaFrancois]

I think in the case of Global, they're just being smart and trying to avoid being sued. Kudos to them for having the courage to air it!

But the accusations by pro-horse slaughter folks are the same as when we did the Natural Valley Farms expose. What incredible movie sets we must have hidden in our basements, complete with a full cast of slaughterhouse workers, screamingly loud saws and compressors!

A date and time stamp is embedded in the footage. We've edited them for time but that's it.

[MrTrevorross]

i beleive you...i was there as well......crazy place to work

[DarthRaper1]

I used to work at the Fortmacleod plant. You think they treat the horses badly you should see how they treat the cut floor employees.. They are slave drivers and treat there workers like trash, they pay very poorly and work you like a dog. They pick meat up off the ground constantly and workers are trained to know how to get away with it so the government inspectors dont see what really goes on. They also allow workers to go to work pissed drunk and high on drugs. The plant foreman is CHI HUANG

[xx1527]

PLZ WRITE YOUR MPs. WRITE TO CFIA, HARPER, HSI, SPCA, ect ect. SUPPORT NEW BILL C-322, ALREADY OUT IN OCT 2011. THIS BEHAVIOR and DISCUSTING PRACTICES MUST END! PLZ FOR THE HORSES. R.I.P TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED ALIVE..

[selena8379]

I heard that there is a horse virus going on , is this true ? and what would happen now ??

[selena8379]

mexico doesnt care about the horses ,they love the torture if stabbing the horse! makes me mad !! goes to show how inhumane they are ! to the horses!!!

[egryeyes]

We all know it was Bouvry & their ignorance by not commenting proves it.

When I was being interviewed during the Bouvry protest, 1 reporter in particular (no names mentioned for obvious reasons) was near tears after speaking to me. She wanted to take some pictures of my poster b/c she said it was the most heart wrenching 1 she'd seen. You didn't see it b/c I was being interviewed almost the entire time & I was holding it out of shot so the wind wouldn't tear it away, it was a tribute to Kitty.

[MorganLver]

@canadianskye1964 Be sure to push heavy on the fact that American horses are not safe to eat. THAT'S a FACT no one can dispute. That's the reason c54 was proposed in the first place. And with good reason. Canada doesn't want to take the responsibility for exporting meat they can't guarantee is safe. Let 'em have it with THAT. No emotion, just the FACT that American horses are not raised as food animals and are exposed to substances that are banned from the human food chain. He should KNOW this!

[MorganLver]

@canadianskye1964 (continued) I'm not sure what rules Canada has, but in the US we have NO way of tracking what a horse may have been in contact with for his/her ENTIRE life. So many of the things we put on or in our horses are banned - out of the food chain for life. The most commonly used NSAID - Phenylbutazone - bute - is one of those. If a horse has EVER been given bute, they are permanently banned from the human food chain. No ifs ands or buts. That's what you need to stress to your PM.

[MorganLver]

@canadianskye1964 I know the feeling! It's incredable to me that people can turn a blind eye to such horror. But, we in the US now have a weapon that doesn't rely on people being humane. The EU has finally taken notice of the fact that US horses are not food animals and so are exposed to substances that are banned from the food chain.

[canadianskye1964]

@MorganLver i can't even watch whole videos of mexican slaughterhouses stabbing their horses to death. i have watched videos where they actually cheer when the horse is finally killed-afte multiple stabs & the horse is exhausted. & i thought these videos were sickening.