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2010 Issues   February 2010 Part 1: What happens when experts talk science in a pub? by Prof. Ian Duncan BC SPCA and UBC Partner on Lameness Factsheet 'Farm Olympics' by Jerry Kitt of First Nature Farms Pork and beef available year-round from Celista Springs Ranch View newsletter     2009 Issues November 2009 SPCA Certified Program Launches its First-Ever Turkey Standards! Highlights of the SPCA Certified Turkey Standards Polderside Farms becomes SPCA Certified! A Guide to Gait Scoring Turkeys Download full .pdf    September 2009   Watching What Cows Eat: Feeding Behaviour and Illness by Christy Goldhawk, MsC Quick Facts for Farmers on Feeding Behaviour and Illness Register Today for the Annual Scotiabank and BC SPCA Paws for a Cause... Walk for the Animals  Download full .pdf   July 2009 Want to know what makes dairy cows really happy? Highlights of the National Codes of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle Get SPCA Certified beef delivered right to your door from Vale Farms!  Download full .pdf   May 2009 Reducing the Risk of Feather Pecking by Anne Macey Where's the (SPCA Certified) Beef? 650 Million Animals Need Our Help  Download full .pdf   March 2009 SPCA Certified Program Launches Updated Broiler Chickens Standard Upcoming Event: Agriculture in the City Little Qualicum Cheeseworks Launches On-Line Store!  Download full .pdf     2008 Issues November 2008 Low-Stress Animal Handling Do Chickens Have Feelings? by Prof. Ian Duncan TK Ranch becomes SPCA Certified!  Download full .pdf   September 2008 Granby Organic Dairy and Beef Joins SPCA Certified Program! Vale Farms Grassroots Beef Now Available Across B.C.! Celebrate World Farm Animals Day Upcoming Events  Download full .pdf   July 2008 The Five Freedoms on Organic Farms Providing an Assurance of Animal Welfare Donate Now! Download full .pdf    April 2008 Lameness in Broiler Chickens Update on the BC SPCA's Farm Animal Transport Campaign A Guide to Gait Scoring in Broiler Chickens Download full .pdf    March 2008 Welfare Friendly Alternatives to Gestation Stalls by Bruce Cochrane Animal Protection Laws in Canada Upcoming Conference  Download full .pdf     2007 Issues December 2007 The Animal Welfare Movement in Canada: Who's Taking the Lead? by Shelagh MacDonald International Welfare Expert Joins BC SPCA Make 2008 an Ethical Year with Green Zebra Guide Go Gourmet the Humane Way!  Download full .pdf   October 2007 The Animal Welfare Movement in Canada: Role and Future Direction by Shelagh MacDonald Bark! Magazine Educates Kids about the Welfare of Dairy Cows Canada's Government Lags Behind on Farm Animal Welfare  Download full .pdf    August 2007 CFIA Applauds New Certified Livestock Transporter Program by Bruce Cochrane Vancouver City Council Votes Against Battery Cages Upcoming Events and Conferences  Download full .pdf    June 2007 Outside the Cage by Nicholas Read Preventing Pain in Cattle Help Protect Farm Animals Volunteers Needed!  Download full .pdf    March 2007 Rancing Celista-Style Happy Sows Break from Gestation Stalls Farmers Markets Need More Farmers! Download full .pdf

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