![Pig Producers Allowed to Continue Confining Sows until 2029...and Plan to Ignore That Date Too](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/screen-shot-2018-08-03-at-10-40-19-am-470x140.png)
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has decided to allow pig producers to continue confining sows in cruel gestation crates until 2029 (five years…
![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…
![Nestle Commits to Improved Animal Welfare Standards](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/image_8-2-470x140.jpg)
On August 20, 2014, multinational food and beverage company Nestle publicly announced its commitment to improved animal welfare standards, including an end to buying pork…
![Final pig code on sow stalls may be "changed significantly" from draft](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sow-in-sow-stall-470x140.jpg)
Last year, the draft of an updated version of Canada’s antiquated Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs was released for public…
![Support the phase out of caged eggs and pork by the Calgary Co-op](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc02417-copy-470x140.jpg)
Battery cages and gestation crates are two of the cruelest forms of institutionalized animal abuse in existence, and groups like CETFA — as well as…
![Concerns with the revised Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/electric-prods-pigs-cetfa-470x140.jpg)
Canada’s Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs has been updated and released for public consultation (comments can be submitted until August…
![Sow stall phase-out: is 2022 good enough?](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/crated-sows-470x140.jpg)
On Monday, April 29, the Retail Council of Canada and its member grocers (Co-op Atlantic, Canada Safeway, Costco Wholesale Canada, Federated Co-operatives Limited, Loblaw Companies…
![Hope for sows](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/4e1b90cb-0e5b-3407-copy-470x140.jpg)
Today, the Retail Council of Canada and its member grocers (Co-op Atlantic, Canada Safeway, Costco Wholesale Canada, Federated Co-operatives Limited, Loblaw Companies Limited, Metro Inc.,…
![These Little Pigs](http://cetfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pig-1-470x140.jpg)
Art has an obvious esthetic purpose, but it can also be used to convey powerful messages about social justice issues, including animal welfare and rights….