Now online: list of livestock haulers fined for breaking humane transport rules
Thursday, March 31, 2011The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recently begun listing details of its enforcement activities online, including the number of fines issued to companies in violation of humane transportation regulations and a list of repeat offenders. The information is posted at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/agen/transp/comp/pene.shtml.
Canadians have been outraged over the past year by reports of rampant farm animal mistreatment during transportation and lax enforcement of transport regulations by the CFIA. While fixing the problem will require improvements to the regulations as well as a dramatic boost in the number of qualified inspectors on the ground, this move by the CFIA to share details of current enforcement activities is certainly a positive development.
Improving the treatment of farm animals during transportation has been a top priority for the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies in recent years. We are calling upon government to overhaul the current regulations, which allow farm animals to be transported aboard overcrowded trucks with no food, water or rest for up to 36, 52 or even 72 hours straight (depending on the species).
Learn more and lend your voice to the campaign here.
Photo credit: Canadians for the Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals Chickens often suffer terribly during transportation. Handled roughly during loading, severely overcrowded, and exposed to the elements over long journeys lasting up to 36 hours, some do not even survive these grueling trips. Every year in Canada, about 13.4 million chickens arrive at slaughterhouses either dead or in such bad shape that they are condemned from human consumption.
