
Tag Archives Animal welfare

This week on ‘Between The Rows’
Episode 220, April 15, 2021

Animal Care Act governs standards of care
Agriculture students learn of provincial oversight and investigations
EU top court upholds curb on animal slaughter, angering Jewish groups

Comment: Gambling on the future of food, rural communities
As wealth and power concentrate in the ag sector, the outcomes are getting worse

Video meat inspection moves a step forward
Beef 911: Changes to allow video ante-mortem inspection and on-farm slaughter make good sense
Feds closely watching provincial changes to trespassing laws
Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan have tightened laws on either access to private rural land or livestock transport, and Manitoba may well be following suit

Animal welfare activist dies outside Ontario pork plant
Protestor reportedly hit by transport truck

Early research shows no benefit of rest stops to livestock
First-year data out of an AAFC-led study seems to support the sector’s argument that rest stops would not increase animal welfare

Ontario offers cash for abattoir upgrades
Applications now being accepted through April

EU-Canada trade deal clears hurdle in Dutch parliament
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