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Manitoba Has The Opportunity To Lead On Animal Welfare

By Lynn Kavanagh February 24, 2011

The animal agriculture industry is fond of telling the public their animals are well cared for. It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so when the public is presented with an image of a sow confined to a metal-barred gestation crate barely larger than her body and told that this is

Cereals, Opinion

Letters – for Feb. 24, 2011

February 24, 2011

Regarding the story “All producers have a role in welfare image,” in the Feb. 17Manitoba Co-operator,I agree with the succinct differentiation provided by the executive director of the Ontario Farm Animal Council, Crystal MacKay. This is exactly the message that I have been trying to get across. All animal activists have been painted with the

Livestock

All Producers Have A Role In Welfare Image

By Natasha Tersigni February 17, 2011

Public opinion surveys have shown Manitobans have a lower opinion of agriculture than non-farmers in other provinces, the executive director of the Ontario Farm Animal Council says. “Out of the whole country, Manitoba has the least positive image in agriculture,” Crystal MacKay told her audience at Manitoba Ag Days. In a later interview, MacKay refused

Livestock

Animal Welfare Is Of Global Importance

By Alexis Kienlen February 10, 2011

Animal welfare is increasingly on consumers’ radar screens, and is now starting to be seen as a standard of good business, says a University of Calgary animal-welfare specialist. Animal-care standards are being used to differentiate between products and are creating favourable trading opportunities for countries with the best ones, Dr. Ed Pajor told the recent

Livestock

Further Charges Laid In Hog Abuse Case

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 6, 2011

Asouthern Manitoba hog farmer already charged under provincial legislation with animal cruelty has now been charged under the Criminal Code as well. Martin Grenier is charged with six Criminal Code of Canada offences related to the treatment of over 2,000 pigs in a barn near Notre Dame de Lourdes last spring. According to authorities, the

Hogs, Livestock

Smithfield Foods Accused Of Abusing Pigs

December 23, 2010

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has accused Smithfield Foods Inc., the world’s largest pork producer, of inhumane treatment of pigs and piglets, releasing a video documenting what the group said were cruel practices. The society said that it documented mistreatment of the animals after a month-long investigation at a Waverly, Virginia, facility

Livestock

New Welfare Guidelines Released For Horses

By Hwac Release November 18, 2010

The Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada (HWAC) and the Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) have introduced theRecommended Handling Guidelines and Animal Welfare Assessment Tool for Horses. This comprehensive industry-developed guideline and animal welfare assessment tool will provide consistent standards for the handling of horses at processing. This project enabled a joining of forces that included science,

News

New Animal Welfare Laws Give Enforcement Officials New Power

By Daniel Winters November 11, 2010

Manitoba’s new Animal Care Act gives enforcement officers sweeping powers to investigate and prosecute cases of animal abuse whether they are in the city or on the farm, the province’s top animal welfare officer says. “We really have police powers. We can enter and collect evidence. You must cooperate with me when I ask you

Hogs, Livestock, News

Notre Dame Hog Case Headed To Court

By Ron Friesen November 11, 2010

A farm couple from the Rural Municipality of Lorne faces multiple charges of animal cruelty in what authorities call one of the worst cases of livestock abuse they have ever seen. Martin and Dolores Grenier have been accused of 23 counts under the provincial Animal Care Act after more than 2,000 pigs were found starving

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Government Signals Crackdown On Livestock Transport Violators

By Ron Friesen November 4, 2010

The Harper government is coming down hard on people who mistreat livestock during transport, even though there’s no evidence the number of infractions is increasing. Ottawa is more than doubling fines for violating livestock transport rules under the federal Health of Animals Act. People who mistreat and improperly transport farm animals can now be hit

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Manitoba Has The Opportunity To Lead On Animal Welfare

Letters – for Feb. 24, 2011

All Producers Have A Role In Welfare Image

Animal Welfare Is Of Global Importance

Further Charges Laid In Hog Abuse Case

Smithfield Foods Accused Of Abusing Pigs

New Welfare Guidelines Released For Horses

New Animal Welfare Laws Give Enforcement Officials New Power

Notre Dame Hog Case Headed To Court

Government Signals Crackdown On Livestock Transport Violators

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