We’ve been masking the continuing struggle in Canada to finish reside horse export for slaughter on our web site, together with the work carried out by the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. And one of many motion’s largest and most well-known supporters is singer, author and actor Jann Arden, whose battle to cease the abuse took her to the streets of Vancouver just lately the place she busked for donations on the steps of the Vancouver Artwork Gallery, on the shipyards in North Vancouver, and at pop-up units across the metropolis. Afterwards, Arden took to Twitter to publish that she raised $400.

The place does the difficulty stand right this moment? Regardless of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledging in 2021 to ban the export of reside horses for slaughter, there was no progress. As a substitute, in response to the Horseshit web site, by the top of March 2023, “the 36,175 Canadian residents who had signed a petition in the direction of this movement have been contacted through e mail and instructed this challenge has been tabled. That’s authorities converse for quietly being swept below the rug. Bibeau cites a prolonged record of circumstances she should first think about earlier than the welfare of the horses together with ‘the impacts on producers’ livelihoods.’”

It’s one of these political stagnation that riles the likes of Arden, who’s so dedicated to ending this merciless horse transport that she has created a marketing campaign aptly named “Horseshit,” with a web site and social media @horseshit. The marketing campaign seeks to boost consciousness and in addition give Canadian horse lovers a number of methods to assist finish the commerce. For starters, you’ll be able to ebook a cameo with Jann (sure, actually!) on the Cameo app, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting animal welfare.  You possibly can donate, buy unique Horseshit merch, signal a petition, and phone your Member of Parliament. Beginning this month there’ll even be a sequence of restricted version Jann Arden jigsaw puzzles launched to boost funds.

To study extra about this urgent challenge, go to the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) web site.

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