Insights and Stories on Animal Care

‘Shocking’ farm videos barred at egg-price antitrust trial in Chicago

Sep. 20, 2023 at 3:34 pm CDT

Reuters — A U.S. judge has barred Kraft, Kellogg and other major food producers from showing what the court called “shocking” and “heart-wrenching” videos of conditions inside certain hen houses at an upcoming antitrust trial against egg producers and marketers. In a ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger […]

Animal care council won’t update livestock transport code of practice

Jun. 5, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Continuous tie-stall housing to be phased out in new dairy code of practice

Mar. 31, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Canadian Cattle Association president Reg Schellenberg dies

Dec. 5, 2022 at 2:23 am CST

By Dave Bedard

Dairy sector shuts down most visits from off-farm providers

Mar. 27, 2020 at 2:01 am CDT

By Jennifer Glenney

Ahead of any emergency, plan for the worst

Mar. 20, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

Identify your resources and review your plan, says an expert in emergency planning for livestock. The COVID-19 pandemic is a very different type of emergency, said Rebecca Husted, a teacher of technical large animal emergency rescue. “Most disasters like fires and floods have people moving around, but in COVID-19, people […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Talk to family, friends about farming

Dec. 20, 2017 at 4:30 pm CST

This holiday season Melodie Chan wants producers to avoid what she calls the “spiral of silence,” which can happen around the dinner table, over beers or even in the gentle lull between turkey and pie if farmers don’t speak up when they hear misinformation about agriculture. “What are we afraid […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Workers fired following chicken abuse video

Jun. 14, 2017 at 8:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A British Columbia company tied to nationally broadcast footage of livestock abuse has laid off five workers, according to a statement from the organization Tuesday. The animal rights and vegan advocacy group responsible for capturing the video says that’s not enough, and is pursuing legal action. Employees […]

By Jade Markus

Greig: Animal welfare research focusing more on emotional states

May. 15, 2017 at 8:45 pm CDT

Animal welfare research is moving beyond identifying what keeps an animal healthy, to focus more on their state of being and their happiness. For years, farmers have justified the way they manage and house animals based on objective measures of their health: disease prevalence, growth rates and feed consumption. Consumer […]

By John Greig

Maple Leaf to upgrade stunning process, ‘accelerate’ on sow housing

Dec. 5, 2015 at 3:35 pm CST

Pledging to upgrade its hog and poultry stunning processes, speed up its timeline on sow housing and step up its game on facility audits, livestock pain management and reduced antibiotic use, Maple Leaf Foods said Friday it’s now set to carve an animal care agenda into formal company policy. The […]

By Staff