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The Hidden Costs of Industrial Animal Agriculture in CanadaWhat's on your plate?06 June 2012 There are 20 times more farm animals than people in Canada but a drive through the countryside doesn't give you that impression. Most Canadian farm animals spend their lives crammed into tiny pens, battery cages or crates inside windowless barns. They are fed unnatural diets, antibiotics and suffer painful mutilations like de-beaking and tooth breaking so they can be kept at huge numbers on intensive livestock operations (ILOs). This report exposes the destructive impacts of ILOs on our health, the environment, animal welfare and rural Canada....
Date: 2012-06-12
Other EVANA-articles about this topic: Canada: national food strategy can eradicate hunger amidst plenty – UN rights expert (en) Report shows impact of intensive livestock farming in Canada (en) Canada plans overhaul of meat inspection (en) Canada: Government makes great efforts to support the meat industry (en) Canada: Premier Dalton McGuinty: Do not pass revised 'Bill 37' for changes to animal rights protection (en) |
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