Saputo mandates dehorning pain control and bans tail docking

Saputo, Canada's largest dairy processor, unveiled a new animal welfare policy on Monday, noting it would refuse to buy milk from farmers that do no treat their animals humanely.
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The announcement was heralded by Mercy for Animals, an organization claiming responsibility for undercover video taken at Canada’s largest farm, Chilliwack Cattle Company, Chilliwack, British Columbia. The video, released to the public June 9, 2014, showed animal abuse and resulted in discarding of the farms’ milk for several days. 
In their press release, Saputo cited a zero tolerance for animal cruelty, a commitment to end tail docking, and using minimum industry standard pain control during disbudding and dehorning.
The new Saputo Dairy Care Program will be offered at both the University of Guelph and the Ontario Veterinary College. The company is also contributing to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary medicine throughthe Dairyland Initiative and the development of the LifeStep™ Program that will focus on low-stress cattle handling approaches, lameness prevention and end of life management.
Saputo products are sold in over 40 countries, and is one of the top three cheese producers in the U.S.
 
Source: DairyHerd
 

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Así lo expresó Domingo Possetto, secretario de la seccional Rafaela, quien además, afirmó que a los productores «habitualmente los ignoran los gobiernos». Además, reconoció la labor de los empresarios de las firmas locales y aseguró que están «esperanzados» con la negociación entre SanCor y Adecoagro.

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