Sentences with phrase «of animal handling»

Volunteers have a basic understanding of animal handling and training and will let DDR know of any limitations.

The Orientation provides you with information about the Santa Barbara Humane Society and the volunteer program, available volunteer opportunities, a brief overview of animal handling and safety procedures, and a tour of the facilities.

perform surgical and medical procedures needed to care for veterinary patients, demonstrating acceptable standards of animal handling, pain control, sterility, instrument and device handling, tissue handling and safety

«Possible breaches of animal handling standards, reports of improper slaughter techniques and loss of animals from supply chains have been difficult for the Department of Agriculture to investigate,» it said.

City agencies were asked nine questions aimed at learning the number of animals handled, numbers euthanized, and methods of euthanasia and carcass disposal.

Fewer than one fourth of cities have procedures that actually support compliance with the 1986 Oklahoma Dog and Cat Sterilization Act, a law intended to keep shelter animals from giving birth to more unwanted animals; many do not keep records of the number of animals handled and 28 shelters refused to return calls or told us they would not discuss their shelter policies with the public.

Statistics files each year within our office show a regular increase in the number of animals handled by animal control each year.

Not exact matches

Pros: The horsehair inhabits a nice middle ground between boar and badger bristles, it's crafted in Spain of quality materials, the hair comes from living animals, a very attractive bristle and handle color, and it's cheaper than most badger brushes

The horsehair inhabits a nice middle ground between boar and badger bristles, it's crafted in Spain of quality materials, the hair comes from living animals, a very attractive bristle and handle color, and it's cheaper than most badger brushes

The owners of a giant rabbit named Simon who was found dead after a United Airlines (ual) flight demanded on Monday that the airline pay damages, order an outside investigation and re-evaluate how it handles animals on flights.

«The circumstances and cause of Simon's death remain highly suspicious,» the group said in its 14 - page lawsuit, which accuses the airline of a poor record of handling animals on its flights and seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Matt provided us with a brief history of the ASPCA as we stood in the section of the facility that handles spaying and neutering animals.

(Exodus 24:4 - 8) And always in the hinterland of animal sacrifice lurked age - old ideas of the magical potency of blood as a powerful agency of deliverance if rightly used (E.g., Exodus 12:12 - 13) and a supernatural peril if wrongly handled.

So you think intentionally handling poisonous animals because of a literal interpretation of one of many thousands of Bible verses is the same as passing a homeless man on the street.

Thanks to animal - welfare experts such as Temple Grandin, livestock - handling systems are now designed to complement and soothe the natural behavior of cattle.

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.

«I feel this is the right way to go and it's a healthy alternative; also, the sustainable farms we buy from practice humane [animal] handling and are conscious of the well - being of their animals,» Hamilton continues.

«Our employees receive rigid training in humane handling of animals.

«No electric prods are used on any of the animals from they time they get unloaded until processing — they are all humanely handled,» Bierig says.

«As part of our long - standing commitment to the humane treatment and handling of animals, ConAgra Foods supports the elimination of gestation stall housing for sows,» said ConAgra Foods in a statement.

Incidents of poor animal handling or abuse are considered to be ethically wrong and unacceptable.

Grandin Livestock handling systems (Temple Grandin) was involved in the design of the livestock unloading and holding areas; these areas were designed to minimise stress to the animals and used a system where hogs entered the lairage area three abreast instead of being forced single file through a shute.

The awards honor outstanding beef and dairy producers and marketers that demonstrate the best animal care and handling principles as part of their day - to - day operations.

Interestingly, with greater awareness of animal welfare issues, kangaroo meat is the meat of choice for some people who prefer not to eat meat from traditional livestock, including chicken, because of the way many of them are housed during life (feed - lots or other high - density farming) and transported, handled and slaughtered.

I'd always reach for those sweet little boxes of Barnum's circus animal crackers with the thin white - string handle.

«Since March 1, 2018, Animals Australia has provided reports about non-compliant handling of animals in three markets and allegations of sheep outside their approved supply chains in five markets in the MiddlAnimals Australia has provided reports about non-compliant handling of animals in three markets and allegations of sheep outside their approved supply chains in five markets in the Middlanimals in three markets and allegations of sheep outside their approved supply chains in five markets in the Middle East.

As the National Farm Animal Care Council reviews the Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs, the Code Development Committee must take in to account the wishes of dozens of leading retailers and include a timeline for the complete elimination of gestation crates from the Canadian pork industry.»

«All of us at Costco take animal welfare seriously and consider humane animal handling a business imperative.»

When considering the protein source, for example, one must not only consider whether an animal - or plant - based protein will be used, but the specific organism from which it is derived (e.g., animal: chicken, beef, lamb, pork, etc.; fish: salmon, menhaden, etc.; plant: corn gluten meal, soybean meal, etc.), what part (s) of that organism will be included (e.g., plant: whole wheat vs. wheat germ vs. wheat bran; animal: entire animal vs. skeletal muscle vs. organ meats), and the form in which it will be added (animals: frozen, fresh, meal), all of which affect the diet in terms of cost, nutrient composition and stability, manufacturing requirements, and ingredient handling, transport, and storage.

Animals Australia has also lodged complaints with the Department of Agriculture based on two subsequent investigations in Jordan (in October 2013 and January 2014)-- with evidence presented of ongoing breaches of ESCAS involving the cruel handling and slaughter of Australian sheep outside the supply chain in Jordan — and implicating the same live export company.

Since the investigation footage first aired on Four Corners in May, Animals Australia has stood alongside Andrew Wilkie and Nick Xenophon, and their Live Export Prohibition bill, which calls for a phase out of the live trade over three years with the strictest provisions for the handling of animals during the tranAnimals Australia has stood alongside Andrew Wilkie and Nick Xenophon, and their Live Export Prohibition bill, which calls for a phase out of the live trade over three years with the strictest provisions for the handling of animals during the trananimals during the transition.

But for example I've been eating more animal products and meat than before, as even the thought of lentils and beans made me sick for a long time and my stomach wasn't able to handle them at all.

The animals weremet by Gerard, Eugene Hammer of Cardinal Air Services, which was handling theshipment, and a U.S. Department of Agriculture vet.

In a day she'll drink a six - pack of Diet Coke and eat a package of animal crackers — the kind with the little rope handles.

Because he handles all animal issues in and around the house, he has granted himself the title of «Beastmaster.»

- Excellent construction and craftsmanship - Features lots of fun animals - Handle is easy to grasp - Wheels are non-skid and move forwards and backwards

Packed with personality, our insulated lunch bag is available in an array of Zoo animals and has a top handle that attaches to any bag.

They're pushing for several pieces of legislation regarding animal cruelty, from how domestic cases are handled by law enforcement to ending the ivory trade market.

Assemblywoman Linda B. Rosenthal, who sponsored the bill, said the state «doesn't have a sufficient number of staff to handle these issues,» and the animals were being mistreated and sold sick.

Whatever you think about the case of Marius or how the zoo handled it, his death brings to light a different way of thinking in U.S. versus European zoos about what constitutes a «natural» life for a zoo animal.

Regulations stopping this, and changing the handling of cattle, eventually stopped the disease spreading among animals.

We need to get a handle on that to really capture feed efficiency for the entire beef production system,» says Dan Shike, associate professor of beef cattle nutrition in the Department of Animal Sciences at U of I.

They sequenced the first whole animal, the flatworm, in 1998, and then pushed the systems to handle big chunks of bigger genomes — billions of base pairs.

«The big question about why we mammals affiliate with one potential partner versus another finally has a handle we can use in a small animal model,» says Lucy Brown at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

To determine what level of a toxin is safe, researchers take a dose that has no observed toxicological effect in an animal and divide it by 10 once (to account for the differences between species) and then again (to account for variations among humans» ability to handle toxins); for pesticides, the dose is then divided by 10 a third time (to allow for the extraordinary sensitivity of babies and children).

Nearly 200 cases of tularemia in the United States are reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year; most of them are caused by bites from ticks and flies and from handling animals infected from the disease.

Blood samples were drawn to measure the levels of the stress hormone cortisol and therefore indicate how stressed the animals were during handling.

This non-invasive technique lets researchers gather large DNA sample sizes of difficult - to - study wildlife species, such as big cats, without physically capturing, handling, or disturbing the animals.

Salmonella can infect animals as well as people, with commonly reported cases of people falling sick after handling pets and livestock.

A small number of federal researchers deemed essential by their agencies would still report to work, such as those involved in caring for patients at NIH's clinical research center, sustaining animal colonies in research laboratories, or handling weather data seen vital to public safety.