{"id":1182,"date":"2022-08-26T12:11:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T12:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codepaperclient.com\/ccffa\/?page_id=1182"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:29:13","slug":"animal-transport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/animal-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1182\" class=\"elementor elementor-1182\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b7663a2 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"b7663a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-341bd9a\" data-id=\"341bd9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2edbad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2edbad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f1f7d3\" data-id=\"6f1f7d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da90538 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da90538\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>Animal transport<\/strong><\/h1><p><em><strong>Visit our new website dedicated to the transportation of farm animals in Canada,\u00a0animaltransportcanada.ca.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Canada\u2019s transport regulations governing the handling and transport of farm animals are cruel and outdated and need to be revised.<\/p><p>The Federal Government published draft animal transport regulations on December 3, 2016.<\/p><h3 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>The Basics<\/strong><\/h3><ul><li>Read our fact sheet on animal transport<\/li><li>Virtually all farmed animals are transported at least once in their lives.<\/li><li>Long-distance journeys are a traumatic experience for farmed animals.<\/li><li>Animals should not be transported if it can be avoided, and journeys involving animals should be as short as possible. Generally, the longer the journey, the lesser the animal\u2019s welfare.<\/li><li>A meat-only trade is recommended in place of long journeys.<\/li><li>Canadian animals that are exported are not protected by Canadian transport standards, and can end up in countries where they receive little or no protection.<\/li><li>Spent hens should be euthanized on-farm whenever possible to spare them the trauma of transport.<\/li><li><strong>Current standards for animal transport allow:<\/strong><ul><li>Horses, pigs and other monogastric animals (including poultry) to be transported 36 hours without food water or rest, in addition to a 5-hour food withdrawal period;<\/li><li>Cattle, sheep, goats or other ruminants to be transported 52 hours within Canada without food, water or rest, in addition to a 5-hour food withdrawal period;<\/li><li>Rest periods need be only 5 hours following maximum travel times, until transport may begin again;<\/li><li>Current standards are vague, e.g., suggesting there should not be \u201cinadequate ventilation.\u201d Instead, the standards should specify automatic heating and cooling systems for vehicles;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Existing standards actually allow beating an animal, stating, \u201cNo person shall beat an animal being loaded or unloaded in a way likely to cause injury or undue suffering to it.\u201d<\/li><li>Canada\u2019s current animal transportation regulations (Health of Animals Regulations, Part XII) can be\u00a0viewed here. The Compromised Animals Policy can be\u00a0viewed here.<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>The stress of transport<\/strong><\/h3><p>Long haul transportation (longer than eight hours) is common and poses significant risk to animals due to water and food deprivation, exhaustion, jostling and piling, over-heating or exposure to cold temperatures. The importing and exporting of animals for food is a global business. Animals are transported by motor vehicle, sea vessel, railway or aircraft. For example, Canadian cattle are shipped to Mexico by truck.<\/p><p><strong>\u201cDowner\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 is an industry term to describe an animal too sick or injured to walk or stand. Downers are a serious consequence of the animal industry, causing animal suffering and human health hazards. Downer animals should be humanely killed on the farm, not dragged onto vehicles to slaughter plants, in hopes of obtaining \u201csalvage\u201d value from suffering animals. Despite the Canadian Food Inspection Agency\u2019s (CFIA) recent ban on transportation of downer animals, downer animals still occur.<\/p><p><strong>Loading and unloading<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 rough treatment of animals during loading and unloading often involves excessive electric prodding. Most downer pigs result from rough, aggressive handling from farm to slaughter plant. \u201cSpent hens\u201d \u2013 birds being slaughtered following a year of egg production, are especially vulnerable to rough handling and too often arrive injured or dead at slaughter plants.<\/p><p><strong>Overcrowding<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 causes trampled animals and downers, and does not allow sufficient space for animals to lie down during long journeys. Overcrowding causes decreased airflow and leads to high ammonia levels and poor air quality. Chickens, pigs and sheep are particularly susceptible to problems from poor air quality, and often die en route.<\/p><p>For more information about farm animal transport,\u00a0download our fact sheet. You can also\u00a0download our transportation fact sheet\u00a0in french.<\/p><p><b>Read CCFA director Stephanie Brown&#8217;s op-ed on animal transport, published in The Hill Times in June 2016<\/b><\/p><p>or learning more about what membership entails<\/p><h4 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>Videos of animals in transport<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li><strong>Les cochons<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0transportation and slaughter<\/li><li><strong>Cows and Bulls<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0transportation and slaughter<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>Court case against Maple Lodge Farms<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li><strong>Report, prepared by CCFA and AAC<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0read about conviction for inhumane transport<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>Report by World Society for the Protection of Animals:<\/strong><\/h4><p>Curb the Cruelty: Canada&#8217;s farm animal transport ststem in need of repair<\/p><h4 class=\"highlighter\"><strong>Other organizations and campaigns working to end long distance transport<\/strong><\/h4><ul><li>Animals\u2019 Angels<\/li><li>Animals Australia<\/li><li>Canadians for the Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals (CETFA)<\/li><li>La compassion dans l'agriculture mondiale (en anglais)<\/li><li>Eyes on Animals\u00a0\u2013 The Netherlands<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-690bb66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"690bb66\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4971a87\" data-id=\"4971a87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf76eaa elementor-align-center elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"bf76eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.parl.gc.ca\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-355\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Our e-Parliamentary petition on animal transport is now completed.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal transport Visit our new website dedicated to the transportation of farm animals in Canada,\u00a0animaltransportcanada.ca. Canada\u2019s transport regulations governing the handling and transport of farm animals are cruel and outdated and need to be revised. The Federal Government published draft animal transport regulations on December 3, 2016. The Basics Read our fact sheet on animal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1182\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanefood.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}