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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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Canada’s federal animal slaughter regulations are about to be repealed and replaced with the “Safe Food for Canadians Regulations”.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…
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…
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…
In just the last week, nearly 3,000 animals have burned to death in Canadian barn fires. The fires have been spread across three provinces –…
