Thoroughbred Slaughter Banned at Viandes Richelieu
Go the CHDC site for more details on how this piece of luck came about:
http://canadianhorsedefencecoalition.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/canadian-slaughterhouse-firm-no-longer-accepting-thoroughbreds/#comments
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Horses in the Asphalt Jungle
I was astonished to discover recently that horsemen who practise Natural Horsemanship, of whatever origin, also support horse-driven caleches in cities as big as Montreal (3 million), a city so swelteringly hot and humid in the summertime that young children and the elderly keep indoors for health reasons. Let me backtrack. As I understand NH techniques as applied to equines, the premise is that the horse is a prey animal, subject to flight responses (including panic) when confronted by smells, noises, objects, or environments he is unfamiliar with.
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