Sentences with phrase «by animal welfare industry»

Not exact matches

Many of the general challenges of the livestock industry in meeting consumer demands are shared by the crop industry, with the exception of animal welfare.

The article by Schulz and Tonsor reviews the structural evolution of the industry, the underlying legal framework in animal welfare, and adjustments in impacted markets.

Maple Lodge Farms also strictly adheres to the Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Poultry, a series of strict industry guidelines developed by farm groups, animal welfare groups, veterinarians, animal scientists, federal and provincial governments, related agricultural sectors and others.

«Immersive and creative videos such as the Paddock to Plate Story help educate and engage consumers by addressing their growing interest in sustainability, meat quality, traceability and animal welfare practices within our industry,» Ms Sharp said.

«For more than a decade, Burger King Corp. has demonstrated a commitment to animal welfare and, through our BK Positive Steps ® corporate responsibility program, we continue to leverage our purchasing power to ensure the appropriate and proper treatment of animals by our vendors and suppliers,» said Jonathan Fitzpatrick, chief brand and operations officer of Burger King Corp. «We are proud to announce these new, industry - leading commitments that support meaningful standards of humane treatment in our U.S. supply chain.»

«The company should be applauded for taking animal welfare seriously by purchasing cage - free eggs, and we hope others in the food industry follow its lead.»

The integrity of the process undertaken by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) was put into question after research by animal welfare scientists was distorted by the drafting group to appear in favour of conventional caged egg production.

The live export industry is considering a major retreat on animal welfare policy, by canvassing an idea put forward by Labor for an independent inspector to oversee the treatment of livestock.

The live export industry performs a major retreat on animal welfare policy by endorsing a Labor proposal for an independent inspector to oversee the trade.

A civilised society should have a system which encourages competition to raise animal welfare standards, not competition to lower them and we should not jeopardise our farming industry simply because of some arbitrary rules set down by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

All too often, moves to take a lead and improve animal welfare standards at home are stopped in their tracks by the threat that all we will do is export our industry to third world countries which have lower welfare standards.

In 2014, total pet industry spending topped $ 60 billion, and yet, according to a recent survey commissioned by PIJAC and completed by TargetPoint research, the pet industry had a 30 - percent public approval rating, compared to animal welfare organizations that had 76 percent public approval.

By fostering connections and collaboration throughout the pet industry, animal care and animal welfare organizations, the CATalyst Council seeks to make a tangible and positive impact on the health and wellbeing of our feline family members.

As Canada's trusted voice for animal welfare, Humane Canada advocates on behalf of animals to the public, industry, and government by sitting on multiple committees and councils.

Humane Canada supports stringent regulatory controls over genetic engineering of animals and continues to promote knowledgeable international debate on this issue by government, industry, the animal welfare movement and the public.

«Before the ink has even dried on Cook County's nationally praised law aimed at protecting both consumers and animal welfare by preventing the sale of dogs and cats raised in inhumane conditions, the pet industry and its allies have crafted an amendment that is designed to completely undo the good that was done when the Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the animal rights legislation last month,» stated Commissioner John Fritchey, sponsor of the Cook County measure.

Speakers from academia and industry were featured, including talks by Dr. Ed Pajor, University of Calgary, who gave the keynote address on improving animal welfare and Dr. Andrew Luescher, Purdue Professor Emeritus, who spoke on the psychological suffering of dogs in a human environment.

This voluntary national certification program for the care and dogs and puppies by professional breeders, was the result of the collaboration between animal welfare experts, animal scientists, veterinary medicine, animal welfare organizations and the pet industry and is being pilot tested by Purdue University animal scientists.

Encouraged by these numbers, we're working with both longstanding and new partners in the animal welfare community and horse industry to make the transition of vulnerable horses into safe and loving homes a top priority.

The statistics are reported via the Asilomar Accords which were developed by a group of animal welfare industry leaders from across the nation»... for the purpose of building bridges across varying philosophies, developing relationships and creating goals focused on significantly reducing the euthanasia of healthy and treatable companion animals in the United States.»

Shelter Animals Count, a collaboration by national and local animal welfare organizations, aims to provide a better understanding of the scope of the problems the industry is tackling, to help develop better strategies to assist homeless aAnimals Count, a collaboration by national and local animal welfare organizations, aims to provide a better understanding of the scope of the problems the industry is tackling, to help develop better strategies to assist homeless animalsanimals.

Pet industry associations and animal welfare organizations have joined forces in an industry - wide effort to improve conditions for dogs and puppies kept by substandard commercial breeders and sold to consumers.

The Pet Leadership Council is made up of pet industry leaders, animal welfare, veterinarians and academia and advocates for pets and those who serve and support them by promoting responsible pet ownership and educating the public on efforts to improve the health and well - being of companion animals.

I realized that this was an ugly secret being kept from the public — and obviously supported by the USDA, which, I was to learn, fails to adequately enforce animal welfare standards in many industries.

Bureaucratic bungling has stalled a critical animal welfare rulemaking action aimed at cracking down on the barbaric practice of horse soring — with the U.S. Department of Agriculture withdrawing new regulations today that had been broadly supported by hundreds of lawmakers in Congress, the veterinary community, a wide range of horse industry organizations, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund.

Based on industry trends, our own projects and old - fashioned intuition, we projected the animal welfare movement would achieve no - kill nationwide by 2015.

Original report April 18, 2011: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon today announced an agreement between animal welfare advocates and industry on legislation to resolve differences between the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act approved by voters in November 2010 and S.B. 113 / S.

The argument that it's a bad thing is that it funnels the money of animal - welfare donors into the puppy mill industry, because the dogs are being sold by puppy mill operators.

The future of our industry is tied not only to our ability to face excessive government regulations and overzealous assaults by extreme animal welfare organizations, but also to innovate around them.

This rule to establish the first - ever federal animal welfare protections on farms is overwhelmingly supported by the organic industry as well as animal welfare, environmental, and consumer organizations.