Birds at a turkey farm in Ontario have tested positive for Avian Influenza. The farm, near Woodstock, was tested after it experienced higher than average…
Over the last 2 weeks, in Canada, over 200 animals burnt to death in barn fires. The first incident happened in a barn located north…
ONTARIO – Wednesday March 18, a transport truck carrying pigs flipped on Northville Rd., outside of Thedford.According to Blackburnews, several pigs had to be euthanized.In Canada,…
In pig producers’ unending search for increased profits, animal welfare often takes a back-seat. Take for example today’s sows, who have been genetically selected to…
Zilmax – the medicated feed billed as a growth-promoter in cattle exposed by Reuters as causing the hooves of animals fed it to fall off…
ALBERTA – Last Wednesday, a transport truck carrying cattle crashed on Highway 36, about 10 kilometres south of Castor. According to CBC, many of the animals died…
Researchers in the Netherlands are preparing for the country’s upcoming ban on beak trimming in egg-laying hens, which comes into effect in 2018. The study,…
As an example of livestock agriculture’s view of animals as unfeeling commodities, an agriculture student with the University of Saskatchewan is leading the charge to…
ONTARIO – Two transport trailers carrying cattle were involved in a four trailer crash on Highway 17, west of White River yesterday afternoon. The Ontario…
A 52-year-old trucker from Ontario who was recently charged with careless driving resulting in the death of nearly half of the 800 turkeys he was…
