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…
Sandwich chain Subway has committed to switching to cage-free eggs in its 30,000 outlets in Canada and the U.S. by 2025. The announcement follows similar ten year phase…
The government recently announced an “investment” of $300,000 to continue studying the link between wild waterfowl and the avian influenza outbreak in the Fraser Valley….
As part of its process of reviewing industry Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of farmed animals in Canada, the National Farm Animal…
More than 250 dairy cows died yesterday in a barn fire south of Montreal, yet, according to a CBC article, “nobody was injured.” Please go…
Early this morning, a sow was found walking loose on the perimeter in Winnipeg. It’s likely the sow fell off a truck from H@MS, a…
Walmart USA made some surprising announcements Friday, calling on its suppliers to move away from battery cages and gestation crates and urging a reduction in…
Earlier this week, a transport trailer carrying 8,000 chickens caught fire on a highway in Mississauga. While a few birds were able to escape from…
