Singer and songwriter Jann Arden is in Vancouver on Friday to raise donations and awareness in an effort to stop the export of live horses for slaughter overseas.
The Juno award-winning musician is asking Canadians to “say neigh to live horse export” during a free event at 114 E. 4th Avenue from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
According to the SPCA, purpose-bred horses are primarily raised on feedlots in Western Canada and flown to Japan where their meat is eaten as a raw delicacy.
Proposed legislation currently before the Senate would ban the practise of flying live horses for export overseas.
Bill C-355 says the export of horses by air should be outlawed as the animals are subjected to “long flights in cramped conditions” and “experience significant stress during such flights and are at risk of injury because of their tendency to panic.”
On Friday, Arden told CTV Morning Live she’s been …