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- CFHS: In the news Monday, June 17
A selection of recent headlines related to key animal welfare issues Dog Groomer Fired for Animal Abuse, Humane Society Launches Investigation – Calgary Herald – June 14 Toronto Humane Society rooftop transformed into pet oasis – Toronto Star – June 14 Guelph Humane Society dealing with cat overpopulation – Guelph Mercury – June 5 New rules for hog ...
- News: Pig Welfare Set to Improve in Canada Sunday, June 02
For Immediate Release June 1, 2013 (Ottawa, Ontario) – After three years of intense negotiation, the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) welcomes today’s release of the draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs. Confidential until today, the CFHS worked tirelessly to negotiate directly with farmers for the past three years to improve the welfare for pigs in ...
- News: Canada’s biggest grocery chains commit to pig welfare Monday, April 29
For Immediate Release April 29, 2013 (Ottawa, Ontario) – The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) applauds the announcement from grocery giant Loblaw committing to move away from the use of sow stalls by the end of 2022. “This decision puts Loblaw on the side of animal welfare science and public opinion,” says Barbara Cartwright, CEO of the CFHS. In their 2012 ...
- CFHS: Choose Adoption Stamp Monday, April 08
Utilizing the power and reach of Canada Post to raise the profile of animal adoption We are proud to announce that our submission of “Choose adoption” has been chosen as one of the special commemorative 2013 Canada Post stamp sets. This is no small feat as in a given year Canada Post will receive more than 300 proposed topics to consider! The limited edition “Choose ...
- CFHS: Careers Wednesday, April 03
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- CFHS: The Good The Bad and The Ugly - 2012 Thursday, December 20
An Animal Welfare Year in Review – 2012 Are things getting better or worse for animals? Unfortunately animal welfare advances don’t happen in a long smooth line of progressive changes until the ultimate goal is met, but rather in steps forward and back, false starts and leaps ahead. Below are some of the decisions that advanced animal welfare in Canada (the good), set it back (the ...
- Animals At Home: Identification Thursday, December 20
Related links For more information on pet identification in Canada, check out the following links: CFHS Microchip Information: NCAC recognized products CFHS news release: National pet identification launched to find lost pets After purchasing a new dog one of the first things you should do is make sure it has proper identification, and ensure it is licensed if required by ...
- News: No Room at the Inn: Canadian Animal Shelters Full with Cats! Tuesday, December 18
December 18 2012 (Ottawa) – The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) released a ground breaking multi-stakeholder report today on the crisis of cat overpopulation in our country. The report finds the animal sheltering system is at, or dangerously over, capacity to care for the cats that arrive at their doors. Cats are twice as likely as dogs to end up abandoned at a shelter or ...
- Animals on the Farm: Help Pigs in Canada Friday, November 30
We know and accept that pigs in Canada are being raised for food. As an animal welfare organization we believe that animals should be treated humanely while they are on farm, while they are transported and when they are slaughtered. The CFHS is working tirelessly at the negotiating table, ensuring the highest possible standards of welfare for these animals. You can also make a ...
- CFHS: Love animals AND work for the Government of Canada? Monday, September 17
Then you can support the work of the CFHS everyday of the week by supporting us through your 2012-2013 GCWCC United Way program. By including the CFHS as a recipient of your United Way donation, you will be supporting Canada’s only national animal welfare organization…one that is ensuring animal welfare for all animals in Canada! We work on behalf of farm animals. We work on ...
- Animals At Home: Are you ready to foster? Tuesday, September 04
by Kelley Tish Baker You’re sold on the cause and you can’t wait to jump in feet first. But wait. Before you head off to your local shelter, you need to do some serious reflection about your current life realities. First ask yourself: Do I have the time, energy, space and living situation that fostering demands? Fostering is essentially a 24/7 gig. Just the basics of ...
- Animals At Home: CFHS Cat Overpopulation Resources Tuesday, September 04
Cat overpopulation is the biggest challenge facing most animal shelters in Canada. The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies strives to help animal welfare organizations meet that challenge by providing information on the best strategies for saving and enhancing cats’ lives. Here are a few key resources. Sheltering, fostering, and re-homing Cat-Friendly Practice videos – A ...
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RSS(Really Simple Syndication) feeds are used to share web content with users and websites. For users, syndication makes keeping up with multiple news sites much easier, and for websites, it makes it easy to create links with other sites providing relavant content. Wikipedia has some good information about syndication in general, and RSS feeds.
