Private prosecution over horse shipment adjourned
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A private prosecution over a shipment of live horses from a Manitoba farm to Japan was adjourned in provincial court Monday.
Animal-rights organizations took the rare step of obtaining judicial approval to privately prosecute Swan River-area horse exporter Carolyle Farms over a Dec. 12, 2022 shipment by air of horses, which the animal-rights organizations allege unlawfully exceeded the 28-hour time limit under federal legislation that live horses are allowed to be in transport without food and water.
The animals were shipped to Japan, where horse meat is sold raw as a culinary delicacy. The horses are fattened there for slaughter.
The farm’s defence lawyer, Lindsay Mulholland, successfully argued for an adjournment in front of provincial court Judge Stacy Cawley after she received late disclosure from the private prosecutor last week and Sunday night.
Further trial dates are to be set next month.