AR-News: (US Canada) Downer animals treatment, rules 'wishy-washy'

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By Barbara Duckworth
Calgary bureau 
The treatment and transportation of downer animals is a murky area for 
Canada's livestock industry. 
Provincial and federal legislation says animals that cannot stand upon 
arrival at the slaughter plant are to be treated humanely. However, regulations are 
often subjective and vary across the country.  
"The rules are wishy-washy," said Jackie Wepruk of the Alberta Farm Animal 
Care Association, which is working on a three-year study of downer livestock. 
"We have no precise definition of undue suffering." 


full story:

http://www.producer.com/articles/20040115/livestock/20040115ls01.html



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