In reaction to the increased public awareness of the harm agriculture inflicts on animals and consumers’ decreased support of it, a number of provinces have…
What the government heard was exactly what it wanted to hear and what it drafted the engagement survey language to ensure. Dissenting voices weren’t even counted.
There is no doubt that 2020 was a challenging year for farmed animals. Here’s our round-up of the year’s events and how they affected animals….
“I think one of the greatest risks to animal agriculture is the public finding out about practices that they had no idea about…”
For the first time ever, the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has released a draft Code of Practice for farmed salmon (the most farmed…
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has decided to allow pig producers to continue confining sows in cruel gestation crates until 2029 (five years…
Following the lead of Alberta and Ontario, Manitoba has proposed its own draft Ag Gag legislation which seeks to amend the Animal Diseases Act to…
An article titled ‘The elephant in the room’ which appeared in the August 2020 issue of Ontario Dairy Farmer provides a disturbing glimpse into Canadian…
June 9, 2020 I am writing as Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farmed Animals’ (CETFA)’s Scientific Advisor to register our organization’s opposition to Bill 156….
The Ontario government is trying to push through dangerous ag-gag legislation intended to conceal cruelty on farms. Bill 156 would make it illegal for whistleblowers…
