date:Apr 17, 2014
horse slaughter in Canada by 50 percent, according to Atamanenko.
With up to 100,000 live horses from the United States being taken over the border every year for eventual slaughter by one of the four facilities, Canadas horse meat sales now top $83 million a year.
Most of the horse meat Canada processes goes to the European Union, but not all. Horse meat can be found on fine restaurant menus and in meat shops in its big eastern cities, including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. Can