Farm Animal Welfare
SPCA Certified Labelling Program
A Farm Animal Welfare Initiative
- Goals
- Operations Manual (pdf 294KB)
- FAQs
- Standards, Registration forms and Records sheets
SPCA Certified Labelling Program
- Facilitate and support changes to farm animal welfare standards.
- Provide voluntary third party certification services to those involved in the animal agricultural industry.
- Support scientific research and development in farm animal welfare.
Other
Animal Welfare Resources
Electric Prod and Organic Beef Production
Throughout the history of agriculture and in all facets of animal
production, the welfare of farm animals has been impacted by a variety
of economic, political, and social forces. Organic animal production
is impacted by the same forces, but responds to them from within
its own philosophical frame of reference. Concentration and centralization
of the processing industry and increased societal awareness and
concern about animal welfare issues have raised concerns about animal
welfare during transportation and slaughter. In both organic and
conventional agriculture, the accelerating rate of change affects
all aspects of production and processing.
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Further Resources
Canadian Agri-food Research Council's Recommended Codes of Practice for the Raising and Handling of Farm Animals
Canadian Federal Acts & Regulations: farm animal slaughter & transportation
BC Provincial Acts and Regulations relating to farm animals
BC Provincial Meat Inspection Act
Livestock Behaviour, Design of Facilities & Humane Slaughter (Dr Temple Grandin)
Stress Down - Humane Handling (NewFarm April '04)
Humane husbandry by Roberta Staley
Is There Profit in Animal Welfare? - A CBC Radio Commentary/April 2003
Humane Hogs Slide Show - (AWI/html)
Peacable Kingdom. Video preview of movie on animal care
Dairy Specific Resources
UBC Dairy Article List
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