Curly and the Getaway Gang
Curly and the Getaway Gang by Bill Massey Every spring we buy weanling pigs. We usually bring them home in a wooden crate and confine them to their room in the barn for the first week or two. After that we open the door to the outside pen and they have the run of the place – […]
Court ruling could catalyze new wave of U.S. animal welfare laws
Court ruling could catalyze new wave of U.S. animal welfare laws The precedent could leave pork trade to navigate an eventual legislative patchwork. By David Favre Published: June 5, 2023 Manitobacooperator.ca Should California be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals raised outside its borders if products from those animals are to be […]
More Hogs, More Problems
Letters: More hogs, more problems In response to the May 26 Co-operator article “Meat industry hits hard times” By John Fefchak Published: June 12, 2023 Manitobacooperator.ca Without the benefit of taxpayers’ dollars (read: government support), the Manitoba hog industry (not farming) would have collapsed many years ago. Born and raised on a farm, I appreciate […]
Planet in peril article june 23 2023
Friday, June 23, 2023 Title: Manitobans deserve transparency, not unsubstantiated environmental claims from their pork sector Source: planetinperil.ca Hog Watch Manitoba, a non-profit, advocacy group, says it believes a recent claim by Manitoba Pork about how much water it is using, needs more proof. In a newspaper ad, the industry organization declares, “Hog […]
Pork should lead with values letter mb coop
Letters: Pork should lead with values By Ruth Pryzner Published: June 21, 2023 Source: manitobacooperator.ca In response to the May 2 Co-operator article, “Values lead on public trust”: As Amy te Plate-Church, presenter at the Manitoba Pork Council’s most recent annual meeting said, “lead with values” in the debate about industrial hog methods of raising […]
Growth of Manitoba pork industry not a source of pride
Quote from Vicki Burns, member of the Steering Committee For Hog Watch Manitoba Winnipeg Free Press May 11, 2023 Vicki Burns, former CEO of the WHS, now with Hog Watch Manitoba, is not optimistic. “In the industrial hog factories that dominate the industry in Manitoba, the pigs are living on slatted floors above pits that […]
Intensive Hog Production and Future Pandemics
Epidemiologist, Rob Wallace, and virologist, Angela Rasmussen, are warning us that the intensive raising of agricultural animals for food will likely cause the next pandemic because these industrial barns are like virus factories. Raising thousands of animals in close confinement with each other, in completely unnatural indoor settings, causes them to be highly stressed and […]
Hylife Foods Slaughterhouse Quietly Fined for Cruelty to Pigs
Read the full article on the Animal Justice website: https://animaljustice.ca/blog/hylife-foods-slaughterhouse-quietly-fined-for-cruelty-to-pigs Read the prosecution bulletin on the Government of Canada website: https://inspection.canada.ca/about-cfia/newsroom/prosecution-bulletins/2020-09-11/eng/1599838522108/1599838522592
Watchdog group cries hogwash
By: Chelsea Kemp Brandon Sun Posted: 09/26/2018 3:00 AM STRATHCLAIR — An agricultural watchdog group is calling for the Rural Municipality of Yellowhead’s elected officials to take action on what they allege is a hog farmer’s illegal expansion. These concerns surround an existing hog barn in the municipality owned by farmer Wim Verbruggen, who Hog Watch […]
Article: In Hogs We Trust – Part Three
We all know that farm animals can get sick. But how many of us are aware of just how damaging animal epidemics can be – whether on the other side of the world or on our own doorstep? They can and do cause huge economic losses and harm to the health of animals and humans, […]