05/19/2026
🐴 A HISTORIC DAY FOR HORSES 🐴
After decades of operation, Canada's largest horse slaughterhouse — Bouvry Exports in Fort Macleod, Alberta — has officially closed its doors for good.
This is the place where thousands of horses every year met their end. Former racehorses. Retired working horses. Family companions sold at auction. Wild horses. Many of them shipped from the United States, kept in feedlots for months, then slaughtered to supply the horse meat trade in Japan and Europe.
For years, activists, journalists, and ordinary horse lovers fought to expose what was happening inside those walls. Undercover footage. Investigations. Protests. Petitions. Voices that refused to be silenced.
And today, that fight paid off. 💔🤍
The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition has confirmed that Bouvry Exports is permanently closed and no longer accepting horses for slaughter.
For every horse lover who has ever looked into the eyes of a horse and seen a soul looking back — this victory is for you. For the rescue organizations who outbid kill buyers at auctions. For the volunteers who stood in the cold holding signs. For the journalists who refused to look away.
But the work isn't finished. 🐴
Horse slaughter still exists in Canada at Viande Richelieu in Quebec. Live horse exports to Japan still happen by plane. And there are growing fears that horse slaughter could return to the United States to fill the gap.
So today, we celebrate. Tomorrow, we keep fighting.
Every horse deserves to live out their days in a pasture, not a slaughterhouse. 🤍
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📰 Source: Canadian Horse Defence Coalition / World Animal News
