Insights and Stories on Animal Welfare

Britain facing mass cull of pigs due to butcher shortage

Sep. 30, 2021 at 9:54 am CDT

London | Reuters — Britain’s farming industry has warned that hundreds of thousands of pigs may have to be culled within weeks unless the government issues visas to allow more butchers into the country. An acute shortage of butchers and slaughterers in the meat processing industry has been exacerbated by […]

Animal welfare activist dies outside Ontario pork plant

Jun. 19, 2020 at 7:56 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Ontario offers cash for abattoir upgrades

Feb. 20, 2020 at 2:30 am CST

By GFM Staff

EU-Canada trade deal clears hurdle in Dutch parliament

Feb. 18, 2020 at 1:03 pm CST

By Reuters

Swiss government urges voters to reject more state help for farmers

Aug. 21, 2018 at 12:24 pm CDT

By John Revill

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

Public input sought on sustainable beef indicators

Oct. 9, 2017 at 4:16 pm CDT

Ranchers, consumers and others who have thoughts on how beef and its cattle should be sustainably produced in Canada are asked to speak up again, this time by early November at the latest. The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB), in the midst of developing a Verified Sustainable Beef Framework, […]

By Staff

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

Nestle pledges cage-free eggs for Canadian wares

Dec. 10, 2016 at 6:16 pm CST

The Canadian arm of Swiss food processing giant Nestle has promised to shift its egg supply to “cage-free” sources by 2025. Nestle Canada, whose products using eggs include some of its Lean Cuisine meals and Real Dairy desserts, said Wednesday it was “dedicated to working with Canadian farmers to make […]

By Staff

Bill to tighten cruelty laws downed in Commons

Oct. 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm CDT

A federal private member’s bill meant to tighten animal cruelty laws in Canada — alarming farm organizations and energizing animal welfare groups en route — has gone the way of most private members’ bills. Bill C-246, introduced in February by Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith and given first reading, died […]

By Staff

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