The American National Chicken Council has just announced its adoption of what it calls the “4 Chicken Guarantees“—a set of standards all producers are said…
Two letters to the editor in the Brandon Sun issue dated June 15 expose Manitoba Pork Council’s admission to being responsible for contributing 1-1.5% of…
Almost 4,000 pigs burned to death in the evening hours of June 8, trapped in a barn in Manitoba. The barn was located in “hog…
In an historic win, an Ontario judge found Anita Krajnc, the Toronto activist charged with criminal mischief for giving water to dehydrated pigs en route…
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has released its draft update to the Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Veal…
The federal government has finally released its proposed amendments to the Health of Animals Act Regulations (HAR) – the laws that govern animal transport. We…
· “Enriched” Cage Photo Credit: Animal Aid UK Normally we here at CETFA review the new NFACC codes of care as they are released and…
The governments of Canada and Manitoba announced today that they are giving $2.5 million in funding to producer-owned Granny’s Poultry to expand its slaughter operations….
Always a leader in farmed animal welfare progress, the Netherlands has again made news as its three largest supermarkets – Albert Heijn, Jumbo and Lidl…
On January 1, 2016, 50,000 ducks burned alive in a barn fire at Brome Lake Ducks near Racine, Que., about an hour and a half from…