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Letter to Canadian grocers about ending pig castration in Canada (February 22, 2010)

2009

CCFA testimony on Ontario Bill 204 -- Animal Health Act, 2009 (November 25, 2009)

MP Alexandra Mendes tabled Bill C-468, a bill to amend animal transport times (October 30, 2009)

Study of Dairy Cows (October 13, 2009)

Toronto Star Article - How bald chickens help troubled kids (October 8, 2009)

Media release about TTC poster campaign (October 6, 2009)

Poster to be placed on Toronto subway cars (September 29, 2009)

Media release about hen adoption program (Sept 22, 2009)

Op ed on barn fires by Lynn Kavanagh - Winnipeg Free Press (Sept 9, 2009)

Mother pigs burned to death in gestration crates (Aug 24, 2009)

Media release pertaining to barn fires (July 10, 2009)

Submission to Manitoba Fire Commission on regulation of farm buildings (July 6, 2009)

Letter to Standing Committee on Fire Protection about barn fires (May 6, 2009)

Natural Meat Company shuts down (April 15, 2009)

Brock University Chooses to Let Hens Spread Their Wings: Animal Protection Groups Applaud University's Decision (March 19, 2009)

Animal protection groups calls for revisions to building code for buildings that house livestock. (February 4, 2009)

Letter from Peter MacKay (January 14, 2009)

2008
Humane Society International Congratulates Orillia and Pickering for Becoming First "Cage-Free" Cities in Ontario (December 17, 2008)

California's "Proposition 2" sets animal welfare precedent for Canada - Media Release (November 7, 2008)

The Barnyard Strategist - The New York Times (October 26, 2008)

Standing, Stretching, Turning Around - The New York Times (October 9, 2008)

Specialty eggs and supply management - Letter to Stephen Harper from Verified Eggs Canada (PDF) (September 19, 2008)

Unanimous decision of New Jersey supreme court results in precedent-setting victory for farm animals (July 30, 2008)

CCFA's written submission to Bill 50 hearings (revision of the OSPCA act), July 21, 2008, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario (July 21, 2008)

PEW report on industrial scale production of farm animals (July 8, 2008)

"Kentucky fried cruelty" comes to an end (June 1, 2008)

Leading Canadian universities lauded for hatching cage-free plan (January 24, 2008)

2007
Battery eggs ban in five years (November 14, 2007)

Separating the good eggs from the bad (October 31, 2007)

The cage-free conundrum: Hype outpaces demand (October 31, 2007)

Farmer sentenced for animal abuse (September 26, 2007)

Prosecutors Fail to Charge Foie Gras Producer Elevages Perigord Despite Documentation of Sickening Abuses (August 25, 2007)

Richmond, British Columbia becomes first city in North America to go cage-free (May 29, 2007)

Animal advocates hail switch to free-range hens' eggs (May 23, 2007)

Cargill Phasing Out Crates For Sows (April 12, 2007)

How to buy eggs from happy hens (April 6, 2007)

Egg producers expand cages (April 6, 2007)

Ethical omelettes (April 3, 2007)

Shocking new Canadian footage of egg farm animal cruelty (April 2, 2007)

Burger King Shifts Policy on Animals (March 28, 2007)

University of Guelph cracks under pressure to serve free-run eggs (March 21, 2007)

The egg industry faces an ultimatum (February 15, 2007)

Altered pigpens planned (February 1, 2007)

Maple Leaf to set pigs free from cages (February 1, 2007)

Maple Leaf to phase out sow gestation stalls (February 1, 2007)

Hog giant to end gestation stalls for sows (February 1, 2007)

PIGS FREE AT LAST! (January 31, 2007)

Maple Leaf endorses U.S. industry direction on sow stalls (January 31, 2007)

Pork plants roasted - slammed for caging mother pigs (January 27, 2007)

Smithfield to phase out crates (January 25, 2007)

Investigation Sheds Light on Suffering (January 3, 2007)

2006
Living Food: Reckless cloning (December 31, 2006)

Obituary: Peter Roberts, Founder and director of Compassion in World Farming (November 23, 2006)

Arizona Proposition 204 passes overwhelmingly (November 15, 2006)

Activists vs. factory farms: Groups want consumers to force changes in egg and pork production (November 6, 2006)

Cage layer systems under attack (November 2, 2006)

"28 hour law" to be enforced for US trucks (October 4, 2006)

Council gives free range to egg probe (September 30, 2006)

Ben & Jerry's drops egg supplier accused of mistreating hens (August 23, 2006)

Battle brews over sow stall proposition in Arizona (August 18, 2006)

New Zealand moves forward with labelling of cage-eggs (June 14, 2006)

Animal Rights Collective of Halifax stages demonstration (May 1, 2006)

Hundreds of hens die in egg farm raid in Ontario (April 10, 2006)

End the rough ride for farm animals (March 15, 2006)

Do wild birds spread the flu? (March 1, 2006)

The Slaughterhouse story hasn't changed in 100 years (February 23rd, 2006)

A sunless hell - confronting the cruel facts of factory-farmed meat (February 19th, 2006)

"Fatigued Pigs: The Transportation Link," Pork Magazine (February 1st, 2006)

Pamela Anderson Slams Loblaw – Don’t Waffle on Egg Labelling (January 30th, 2006)

Canadian animal transport regulations under revision (January 24th, 2006)

Deconstructing Dinner: Eggs (January 12th, 2006)