Calgary Herald
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📍 QC
May 21, 2026
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Why Alberta's last horse slaughterhouse in Fort Macleod closed its doors
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A horse at the Bear Valley Horse Rescue on a property near Sundre on Feb. 27, 2013. Alberta's last remaining horse meat slaughterhouse has closed. Postmedia file photo Article content Bouvry Export’s Fort Macleod plant has closed permanently, leaving one horse slaughterhouse left in Canada. Article content Earlier this month, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition and animal activists had celebrated the news, with the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition posting on social media May 4 that the non-profit had “received confirmation” that the plant had closed and was “no longer accepting horses for sla…
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