Farmed Animal Welfare Education Series​ (with Sammy!)

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Learn about farmed animal welfare in Canada & what you can do to help.

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Plain-language explanations

Farmed animals are living, feeling beings. Yet most of the decisions that shape their lives happen quietly, through policies most people never see. This email series is designed to change that.

Alerts when input is needed

Public participation shapes what standards become acceptable. We’ll send you simple ways to participate, no policy expertise required! Your voice can make a difference in the lives of animals.

Guidance on how to take part

This education series helps you understand how farmed animal welfare works in Canada, where animals fall through the cracks, and how your voice can improve protections for animals.

Why this series exists

A sow lies down in a small gestation crate
Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals

Having rules doesn’t always mean animals are protected.

In Canada:

  • Some practices that cause animals harm are legal
  • Oversight is limited and inconsistent
  • Many welfare standards are voluntary rather than enforceable
  • Responsibility is spread across federal laws, provincial systems, and national guidelines

When systems are fragmented, animals fall through the gaps.

You don’t need to be an expert to help

When more people understand how these systems work and speak up:

  • Animal welfare concerns are harder to ignore
  • Standards are more likely to improve
  • Long-term change becomes possible
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Why understanding the system matters

A crowded farm where chickens are raised for meat

Most farmed animal suffering doesn’t happen because of intentional cruelty. It happens because of weak systems.

Farmed animal welfare in Canada is shaped by:

  • Federal laws (like transport and slaughter rules)
  • Provincial frameworks that vary across Canada
  • National Codes of Practice, developed through the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC)

The National Codes of Practice influence how animals are treated across industries, even though they aren’t law.

Public participation helps shape what animal welfare standards become.

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How the Vancouver Humane Society helps animals

The Vancouver Humane Society focuses on systemic change, not blaming individuals.

Our work centres on:

  • Evidence-based advocacy
  • Public education
  • Policy change
  • Transparency and accountability

We work to close welfare gaps and push for stronger protections, so animals don’t depend on goodwill alone.