Finding myself around Keele & St. Clair today I took a few minutes to bike over to Ryders Regency and St. Helens Meat Packers. Noticing a transport truck parked on the side of the road full of cows I parked my bike and went to bear witness.The conditions of these particular cows was the most disgusting I have ever seen: immersed in runny feces up to the ankles: feces had dripped down from the above bunkers onto the faces of the lower level cows and mixed with the froth which framed their mouths. I went into Target to buy water and soft cookies with raisins feeling I could not make Metro to buy fruit. I missed them unfortunately as when I returned thew truck was in the gates of the north slaughterhouse - I still get the two mixed up. Since this about two hours ago I have written NFACC and OSPCA describing this. Shortly I will too the CFIA as they are also responsible for transport. This is the IRONY: despite the CPDE refers to various techniques at every level and process of the farm industry..it does not address the disturbing issues that fail the need to maintain the dignity and kind treatment of animals ( at every level). No one animal should be forced to stand in, inhale..or ingest..its own feces under any circumstances. Letter follows TO PigSave whom it may concern; This afternoon approximately 1:30 pm while riding my bicycle near Ryders- Regency Meat Packer in Toronto I stopped to bear witness to cows aboard a transport truck pulled over to the side of the road while the driver was probably in one of the two offices to announce his delivery at either St. Helens Meat or Ryders Regency on Gunns Rd inToronto: they sit across the street from one another. I am aghast to what I saw. Mature cows were literally standing in about three inches of running feces and their own defecation: obviously dehydrated cows on the bottom level had feces all over their faces that evidently was coming from the cows on the second deck above mixed in with froth from dehydration. I have never seen anything like this before. In reviewing your revised Code I see references to other aspect regarding transport but no reference is made to the filth, cruel and unhygiene conditions cows should be allowed to be transported under. Although I have seen fecal coated cows before this was one cruelest of incidences I have witnessed. I would like to provide some details now about the vehicle: I could see the transport truck was manufactured by SCHAUS, was from Elmer, ON. with LICENSE NO. 122 0WR . It is obvious the trucks are not properly being cleaned nor structured properly for transport since I saw cows looking like they could fall over which would also raise a red flag with the recommendation proper staging and preparing of the truck to avoid falling providing the necessary friction as recommended through the Code of PRactice developed by NFACC : incidenatlly I wrote them a short while ago also. Please, someone do something soon: no animal should be exposed to such filth and deprivation of comfort. Laila D. Plavins Toronto
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:20:09 +0000
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