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LIVESTOCK TRAILER ACCIDENTS CONTINUE
ALBERTA – Last Wednesday, a transport truck carrying cattle crashed on Highway 36, about 10 kilometres south of Castor. According to CBC, many of the animals died or had to be euthanized. […]
B.C.: MASS SUFFOCATION ORDERED FOR INFECTED POULTRY
Last week, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that two factory farms in B.C.’s Fraser Valley tested positive for avian influenza. Testing found the virus at a turkey farm in Abbotsford and a broiler chicken breeding facility in Chilliwack. Following the announcement, three more Fraser Valley farms were subsequently quarantined. More than 140,000 birds are set to be euthanized as a result. This isn’t the first bird flu outbreak found in the Fraser Valley. In 2004, […]
STUDY ON INTACT BEAKS SHOWS BETTER INDIVIDUAL & FLOCK WELFARE
Researchers in the Netherlands are preparing for the country’s upcoming ban on beak trimming in egg-laying hens, which comes into effect in 2018. The study, being conducted by researchers at […]
