GUELPH – The federal agriculture department is giving up
to $1.31 million to the Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) to help ensure
the safe transportation of livestock, to develop emergency management tools for
the livestock industry and to improve animal care assessments.
The money is for four projecgts:investment will be
divided between four projects including:
- Up to $223,929 to develop a new livestock transport
on-line certification program that will simplify, standardize and provide an
opportunity for truckers, shippers and receivers to more easily access the
training necessary to improve handling practices.
- Up to $160,713 to update the Transportation Codes of
Practice for the care and handling of farm animals during transport.
- Up to $813,200 to develop an emergency management
plan for the Canadian livestock industry to help mitigate, to respond to, and
to recover from major hazard emergencies.
- Up to $112,180 to revise the Chicken Farmers of
Canada’s (CFC) animal care assessment program to meet the new Code of Practice
for hatching eggs, breeders, chickens and turkeys. The project will strengthen
the poultry industry’s capacity to respond to ever-increasing demand by markets
to demonstrate effective animal care standards.
