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Our team observes the “Viande Richelieu, Inc.” plant for two days. This is one of just two horse slaughter plants in Quebec approved for export to the European Union. During our visit, there is very little activity. The holding pen area consists of a simple, metal covered shed-like structure. No fans are installed to provide cooling on a hot summer…

We follow a truck with slaughter horses from Shippensburg to the Canadian slaughter plant Richelieu. The conditions are very bad today: It is insufferably hot and the truck sits in parts in traffic.

In the evening the truck arrives at the CFIA inspection station at the Canadian border. An inspector pushes a ladder on wheels next to the trailer.…

We follow a truck with slaughter horses from Shippensburg to the Canadian slaughter plant Richelieu. The conditions are very bad today: It is insufferably hot and the truck sits in parts in traffic.

In the evening the truck arrives at the CFIA inspection station at the Canadian border. An inspector pushes a ladder on wheels next to the trailer.…

We follow a truck with slaughter horses from Shippensburg to the Canadian slaughter plant Richelieu. The conditions are very bad today: It is insufferably hot and the truck sits in parts in traffic.

In the evening the truck arrives at the CFIA inspection station at the Canadian border. An inspector pushes a ladder on wheels next to the trailer.…

At midday, the calves from Poland and Lithuania are re-loaded at the control post in France. Instead of the mandatory 24 hours, the calves have only been rested for 18 hours. Our team observes that a calf falls down on the loading ramp, remains on the ground and is pulled back into the stable at its tail. Instead of being treated by a veterinarian,…

At midday, the calves from Poland and Lithuania are re-loaded at the control post in France. Instead of the mandatory 24 hours, the calves have only been rested for 18 hours. Our team observes that a calf falls down on the loading ramp, remains on the ground and is pulled back into the stable at its tail. Instead of being treated by a veterinarian,…

At midday, the calves from Poland and Lithuania are re-loaded at the control post in France. Instead of the mandatory 24 hours, the calves have only been rested for 18 hours. Our team observes that a calf falls down on the loading ramp, remains on the ground and is pulled back into the stable at its tail. Instead of being treated by a veterinarian,…

Our team drives to a control post in France, where unweaned calves are rested and fed on the way from Poland to Spain. In the late afternoon two transporters arrive at the stable, loaded with calves from Poland and Lithuania which are only two to three weeks old. Some still have the umbilical cord. The calves are mooing loudly and licking the metal…

Our team drives to a control post in France, where unweaned calves are rested and fed on the way from Poland to Spain. In the late afternoon two transporters arrive at the stable, loaded with calves from Poland and Lithuania which are only two to three weeks old. Some still have the umbilical cord. The calves are mooing loudly and licking the metal…