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We wait at the CFIA inspection station for any U.S. trucks loaded with slaughter horses to document their inspection. We decide to leave the inspection station after several hours without a truck passing. Little later, we spot a truck belonging to Rotz Livestock from Shippensburg. Bruce Rotz is a well-known large scale kill buyer.

However, the…

We wait at the CFIA inspection station for any U.S. trucks loaded with slaughter horses to document their inspection. We decide to leave the inspection station after several hours without a truck passing. Little later, we spot a truck belonging to Rotz Livestock from Shippensburg. Bruce Rotz is a well-known large scale kill buyer. 

However, the…

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…

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…

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.…

Since the EU accession the Lithuanian dairy producers have to follow EU regulations. For some of them this was the possibility to grow and to get subsidies and for others it was simply the end, especially for the small farms with 1 to 2 cows. Our team visits a farm that expanded since 2009 from 10 to 100 dairy cows, built huge stables, bought new…