Canadian council seeks stall ban

摘要

THE National Farm Animal Care Council in Canada has released for public comment a revised animal care code that proposes to transition confinement of pregnant sows from gestation stalls to alternative systems such as group pens. The code specifies that no new construction of gestation stall systems would be permitted after July 1, 2014, and that all gestating sows would need to be in alternative housing by 2024. The code is now open for public comment until Aug. 3, after which the animal care council will review comments and write a final code, which is scheduled to be published by the end of this year.