A team of scientists in the Czech Republic have recorded images exemplifying how sensitive and empathetic wild boar are.
With the disruption of passenger traffic as a result of COVID-19, Canadian airports have been working to attract more air freight, even if that freight consists of live animals.
Two letters to the editor in the Brandon Sun issue dated June 15 expose Manitoba Pork Council’s admission to being responsible for contributing 1-1.5% of…
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…
Almost 4,000 pigs burned to death in the evening hours of June 8, trapped in a barn in Manitoba. The barn was located in “hog…
Just a few months ago and seven years after a hard-won campaign which saw improved regulations to prevent barn fires in Manitoba, the Manitoba government announced…
What does “enrichment” for pigs mean to you? You probably have visions of pigs playing with toys or other objects, or perhaps being provided straw…
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…
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of sweet Wilbur. Wilbur was discovered by a CETFA investigator on a cold, wet…
