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In
February, we told you about Atlantic Beef Products Inc., a cattle
slaughterhouse in Albany, PEI, that pled guilty to forcing a lame, emaciated
cow to the kill floor in violation of the Meat Inspection Act and against the
order of a veterinarian working for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
The
CFIA veterinarian ordered the suffering animal to be killed in the holding area
and the body subsequently disposed of, but despite the animal’s indications of
Mad Cow Disease, the slaughterhouse operatives ignored both of these mandates. The
cow’s flesh presumably entered the human food supply.
The
conviction resulted in a paltry $2,500 fine. Compare that to news
out yesterday that the PEI
government had just awarded the plant $1.5 million, and that since 2005 the
provincial government had vested a total of over $40 million in the
slaughterhouse!
Why
must private, hard-earned tax dollars be used to bolster slaughterhouses that
don’t even abide by government regulations, particularly when an increasing
number of Canadians no longer support it?
Fortunately,
by withholding our consumer dollars from cruel and corrupt industries, we can
protect ourselves from disease and animals from needless suffering. For
information on transitioning to a healthy and humane, plant-based diet, visit ChooseVeg.ca.
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