![Fetal Hearts and Lung Foam: How the Pharmaceutical Industry is Connected to Industrial Animal Slaughter in Canada](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/121008-KoePositiebepaling-68-1280x854-1-470x140.jpg)
You have likely heard about fetal bovine serum but you probably have not heard about bovine lipid extract surfactant, which is being “harvested” from animals in our own backyard.
![New Animal Transportation Regulations a Betrayal](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/OvercrowdedPigs.OBerreville-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Beef Industry's "Quality-Defects" are Sign of Animal Abuse](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/hi-cattle-beef-exports852-c-470x140.jpg)
Every few years, a National Beef Quality Audit is conducted to examine the quality of the nation’s beef and compare it with previous years. The…
![An Open Letter to the Federal Government](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/5389380162_00e4710c0a_o-470x140.jpg)
Together with 19 other animal advocacy organizations, we issued a joint open letter calling for improved animal transport regulations to finally be released. These regulations…
![Contrary to Assurances, CO₂ Gas Excruciating to Pigs](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/vignette-paternoster2-gaz-houdan-2017-1-470x140.jpg)
CETFA has been a critic of the use of carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas as a form of stunning and/or killing during slaughter since witnessing it…
![Stalls as social enrichment?!](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FilthyPen.TwylaFrancois-470x140.jpg)
When the pig codes were being reviewed and updated by the National Farm Animal Care Council, we urged the industry to adopt a requirement for…
![Canada is About to Repeal and Replace its Federal Slaughter Regulations - What You Can Do](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/6fdbc460-79c5-11e5-8d4e-ffbeaaf236ad_ThinkstockPhotos-101061670-470x140.jpg)
Canada’s federal animal slaughter regulations are about to be repealed and replaced with the “Safe Food for Canadians Regulations”. The draft regulations focus almost exclusively…
![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…
![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…