Agriculture Roundup for Monday November 8, 2021
MELFORT, Sask. – The B.C. Dairy Association has denounced the abuse of animals seen in video footage of a B.C. dairy farm released to the public by Animal Justice.
B.C. SPCA alerted the B.C. Milk Marketing Board it was launching an investigation based on video evidence of animal abuse.
The board conducted an inspection of the farm and immediately suspended the farm’s milk production license and launched its own investigation.
B.C. Dairy chair Holger Schwichtenberg said they fully support the decision of the B.C. Milk Marketing Board saying the treatment of dairy cows shown in the video clearly violates the National Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle, which is mandatory for all dairy farms in B.C.