Canadian horse welfare code up for comment
[teaser]Excerpted from an article on Horsetalk.co.nz.[/teaser]
Public comment is being invited on a draft Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Equines in Canada.
Submissions on the code, proposed by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) are open until February 14, 2013. All stakeholders are encouraged to provide input to ensure that the Code reflects a common understanding of equine care expectations and recommended practices in Canada.
A Scientists’ Committee report summarizing research on priority welfare topics for equines can be found online alongside the draft Code. This peer-reviewed report aided the discussions of the Code Development Committee as they prepared the draft Code of Practice.
“I’m proud of the collaborative effort committee members have shown since we began our work in early 2011,” said Jack de Wit, Director with the Equine Canada Board of Directors and Chair of the Code Development Committee.
“The next step is opening the draft Code to input from the public. With the public’s help we will have a Code that is good for owners and the animals in their care.”
Anyone can provide comments and suggestions on the Code; all submissions must be made through the online system.
The code can be viewed at nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice/equine.
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