Tens of Thousands of Canadians Call for Better Conditions for Pigs
Citizens, Retailers, Pork Producers, Political Parties and Celebrities Weighed in During Draft Code's Public Comment Period
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 08/06/13 -- A total of 21,251 Canadians have signed a statement calling on the National Farm Animal Care Council to introduce better conditions for pigs in its draft Code of Practice and Handling of Pigs. Humane Society International/Canada submitted the signatures along with its official comments urging the council to phase out gestation crates as the public consultation period on the draft Code of Practice for the Care concluded.
Gestation crates are metal cages used to tightly confine breeding pigs to the point where the animals cannot even turn around for nearly their entire lives. The new Code of Practice will take effect in 2014, at which time the construction of new gestation crate operations throughout Canada would be prohibited. By 2024, so would the nearly full-time use of gestation crates. However, the draft code would still allow pregnant pigs to be confined in these crates for a shorter period of five week during each their pregnancies.
Sayara Thurston, campaigner with the Humane Society International/Canada said: "Over the past two months, tens of thousands of Canadians have asked the National Farm Animal Care Council to modernize our food system by getting rid of tiny gestation crates completely. The draft Code of Practice represents progress, but the pork industry should take this chance to go further and make Canada a global leader in animal welfare."
NFACC released the draft pig Code of Practice at the beginning of June, kicking off a two month public consultation period marked by attention from high-profile stakeholders. In an exclusive Globe and Mail op-ed, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling called for a complete phase out of gestation crates, saying that "no compassionate Canadian" would ever confine an animal so intensively for weeks at a time. More than 100 Canadian restaurants signed on to a statement requesting that the allowance for keeping pigs in gestation crates for more than a month per pregnancy be removed. Over the course of the public consultation, 21,251 Canadians signed petitions congratulating NFACC for the progress they had made, but encouraging further action, saying: "a partial ban is not enough - please ensure that the final Code of Practice includes a complete elimination of gestation crates."
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Humane Society International/Canada is a leading force for animal protection, with active programs in companion animals, wildlife and habitat protection, marine mammal preservation, farm animal welfare and animals in research. HSI/Canada is proud to be a part of Humane Society International which, together with its partners, constitutes one of the world's largest animal protection organizations. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty worldwide - on the Web at hsicanada.ca
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Sayara Thurston
HSI/Canada
514.395.2914/514.691.6086
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Datum: 06.08.2013 - 13:00 Uhr
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