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Kaitlyn Mitchell, Brittany Semeniuk, and Sinikka Crosland

Kaitlyn Mitchell is a lawyer with Animal Justice Canada, Canada’s leading national animal law charity. Brittany Semeniuk is a registered veterinary technologist who works as an animal welfare specialist for the Winnipeg Humane Society. Sinikka Crosland is president of the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC), which works to end horse slaughter in Canada, as well as the export of live horses overseas for slaughter.

As Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's mandate letter gathers dust, horses continue to suffer and die. Since September of 2021, more than 2,000 Canadian draft horses have been shipped by air to Japan for slaughter. Their suffering is hard to imagine. And it could have been prevented. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
As Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's mandate letter gathers dust, horses continue to suffer and die. Since September of 2021, more than 2,000 Canadian draft horses have been shipped by air to Japan for slaughter. Their suffering is hard to imagine. And it could have been prevented. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade