Mercy For Animals Canada’s recent investigation into Quebec’s cruel veal industry sent shockwaves through the province, inspiring the minister of agriculture to state that there will be legislative changes if necessary.
Le Journal de Quebec reports that according to Pierre Paradis, Quebec’s minister of agriculture, our groundbreaking investigation has become a catalyst for change, prompting him to declare: “I am making this a [personal] challenge.”
Additionally, the minister pointed to the Criminal Code as prohibiting abuse of farmed animals. The ministers of agriculture and justice met Thursday to discuss the issue.
Minister Paradis observed that detecting cruelty requires inspections, something Mercy For Animals Canada has long called for. Without proactive, unannounced inspections, factory farmers will continue to torment and neglect helpless farmed animals virtually unchecked.
MFA Canada’s shocking undercover footage was shot at a Délimax-affiliated veal factory farm located in Pont-Rouge, Quebec. The footage was featured on CTV’s nationally renowned W5 investigative program, and also received international media attention. Millions of Canadians were appalled to see:
• Calves crammed into feces-covered wooden boxes barely larger than their own bodies, often chained by the neck, unable to even turn around or lie down comfortably for their entire lives
• Animals driven mad from boredom and stress, denied even their most basic natural behaviours
• Workers violently kicking, punching, and throwing baby animals
• Animals painfully stuck in the wooden slats of their crates
• Sick and injured animals left to suffer and slowly die in their own filth without proper veterinary care
As MFA Canada works to expose and end cruelty to animals at the hands of the meat, egg, and dairy industries, consumers still hold the greatest power of all to prevent the needless suffering of farmed animals by adopting a healthy and humane vegetarian diet. Visit ChooseVeg.ca to download free recipes and tips for making the transition to a vegetarian lifestyle.
Please visit CratedCruelty.ca to learn more about the inherently cruel veal industry.
