Since 2015, nearly half a million animals have lost their lives in barn fires in Quebec. Statistics from the Quebec Ministry of Public Safety indicate…
There’s a hidden slaughter taking place just outside Moose Mountain Provincial Park in Saskatchewan. Using war terminology to describe its actions, an “eradication” team has set its sights on killing every single member of a group of animals it has deemed pests. The animals in question are wild pigs.
These are only the fatal barn fires which were reported, many others were not cited in the media and consequently are not mentioned in this census. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2019/02/03/plus-de-360-000-animaux-delevage-ont-peri-depuis-2015?fbclid=IwAR3ECoD3Zc2vQNovnhiIT0BVM_uZOI6GZHiBvGVXgha6dQZCFEb-GVWaXJI…
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Wednesday that Canadian cattle and dairy producers will be given a “two-year transition period” before enforcement will begin for the amended Humane Transportation of Animals regulations. The minister also hinted that the regulations meant to protect cattle may be weakened in the process as “more data on effective solutions concerning the transport of cattle” are gathered (specifically, from research conducted by the Beef Cattle Research Council).
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has been given $4.56 million from the federal government to update its industry codes of practice, starting with…
On Wednesday, the federal government finally released its revised animal transport regulations, which had remained unchanged since 1977. The new regulations are nothing but a…
Canadian market reports appear in the agricultural newspapers weekly and provide the price animals sold for at livestock auctions the previous week. Buyers at these…
A newly released review by The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has exposed serious problems with Canada’s veterinary services – the Canadian Food Inspection…
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is currently soliciting ideas from the general public on how it can be more open and transparent. As the…
A new benchmark study on the condition of culled Canadian dairy cows at auction provides a disturbing glimpse into the suffering of these animals. In…
