Transport des animaux en partance du Canada vers les É.U.

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Wed Mar 9, 2005

http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=win-cattle-20050307

U.S. rules raise concern about humane treatment of cattle

Last Updated Mar 8 2005 10:50 AM CST
CBC News
WINNIPEG – New American regulations governing the shipment of Canadian cattle are raising some concerns in Canada.

Dr. Alex McIssac, a veterinarian with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency,
says the rules could be a problem in the humane treatment of animals.
Under U.S. Department of Agriculture rules introduced in January, a Canadian
government inspection seal must be placed on a truck carrying cattle before
it leaves the farm or feedlot. A USDA representative must meet the truck at
the U.S. feedlot or slaughtering plant to break the seal.
Truck drivers would not be permitted to open doors to give animals more air
if there are delays at the border. If border officials order the truck
opened, a USDA official must seal it again before it continues on its
journey.
If there are delays at the border, the animals could become overheated,
McIssac says.
"We are a little concerned about them waiting too long in the trailers. And
then worried about air circulation whatever while they are sitting there
waiting," he says. "So we're advising our people to phone ahead, plan ahead
so that there's not 10 or 12 trailers showing up at the same time."
McIssac says the agency is trying to find ways to keep the animals cool if
the trucks are forced to stop at the border for an extended period of time.
The U.S. border was supposed open to Canadian cattle Monday, but a Montana
judge granted a court injunction delaying the opening.

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