Researchers from Kansas State University recently published a study comparing the pain levels of cattle dehorning methods. Forty horned calves being raised for beef were…
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…
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,…
As an example of livestock agriculture’s view of animals as unfeeling commodities, an agriculture student with the University of Saskatchewan is leading the charge to…
ONTARIO – Two transport trailers carrying cattle were involved in a four trailer crash on Highway 17, west of White River yesterday afternoon. The Ontario…
According to federal transport regulations, the Health of Animals Act, Part XII, Sections 143, (1)(d) and (e), “No person shall transport or cause to be transported…
A 52-year-old trucker from Ontario who was recently charged with careless driving resulting in the death of nearly half of the 800 turkeys he was…
Field Roast Grain Meat Company the target of out-dated labelling regulations Animal Alliance of Canada, Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada, Animal Justice Canada…
This Saturday, October 4, countless individuals and groups from all over the world will celebrate World Animal Day. World Animal Day was started by a…
Starting January 1, 2015, commercial egg farmers in Alberta who replace equipment or build new barns will no longer be allowed to install battery cages….
