![Cruel Slaughterhouse Awarded $2.5 Million](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/close-up-of-grannys-trailer-470x140.gif)
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….
![Major Dutch Retailers to Stop Selling Factory Farmed Chicken](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/buff-470x140.jpg)
Always a leader in farmed animal welfare progress, the Netherlands has again made news as its three largest supermarkets – Albert Heijn, Jumbo and Lidl…
![Subway to switch to cage-free eggs by 2025](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/db_subway1000-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Why is the Government Investing in Goose Poop Studies?](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/broiler-chicks-with-copyright-470x140.jpg)
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….
![Draft Code Offers Turkeys and Chickens Little](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ht-crippled-hen-copy-470x140.jpg)
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…
![No hope for sow found loose in Winnipeg](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sow-found-loose-in-winnipeg-470x140.png)
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 announces new animal welfare commitments](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/6763709353_399276e39a_z-2-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Chickens die during trailer fire](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mississauga-fire-chicken-truck-470x140.jpg)
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…