Resources

References

Humane Transport / Animal Welfare

Protecting animal welfare in Canada is a shared responsibility between governments (federal, provincial and territorial), and industry (producers, transporters and staff in registered slaughter establishments). Canadian provinces and territories have the primary responsibility for protecting the welfare of animals, including farm animals.

Laws and Regulations

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is responsible for the welfare of animals during transport, as specified in the requirements of the Health of Animal Regulations, which governs the humane transportation of animals in Canada.

Other resources

Humane Transportation of Animals: Transport Information for the General Public

Animal Welfare

Canadian provinces and territories have the primary responsibility for protecting the welfare of animals, including farm animals. All provinces and territories have laws in respect to animal welfare.

Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals

The Codes of Practice are nationally developed guidelines for the care and handling of farm animals. Canada’s code development process is led by the National Farm Animal Care Council.

The Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals: Transportation was released in 2001. Since this Code is considered out-of-date and because it was not developed through NFACC’s rigorous Code process, it has been archived but is still accessible as some of the information is still considered useful guidance (e.g., Appendix 2 - density charts for various species).

Animal Biosecurity

Putting preventive measures in place to keep animals healthy has been a long-standing and successful practice on Canadian farms. Biosecurity planning helps to ensure that practices routinely carried out on your farm are beneficial to animal health.

National biosecurity standards

The CFIA develops national biosecurity standards, protocols and strategies designed to protect animal resources in collaboration with producer organizations, provincial/territorial governments, and academia.

General biosecurity measures for producers and veterinarians

Additional information

Source: CFIA

 

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