{"id":297,"date":"2017-02-08T15:59:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T20:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spcablog.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:22:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:22:55","slug":"three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019ve all been there. Stuck in traffic on the highway listening to <em>Baby one more time<\/em> or some other embarrassing song, when a massive, dirty, grey truck with perforated sides slowly pulls up into the lane next to us. Pressed up against the oval-shaped openings, pink snouts try to get a whiff of what lies ahead. Widened eyes stare out in bewilderment. We know all too well where these animals are ultimately headed \u2013 and perhaps that\u2019s why we try not to meet their inquiring gaze \u2013 but what do we really know about their journey?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Annually across Canada, 700 million farm animals are transported from farm to slaughter.\u00a0Nearly 2 million of these animals die during the transport process, and an estimated 12 million more are injured or become ill. We have laws that govern how animals are to be treated during transport, but they are over 40 years old and are considered by experts to be the worst in the Western world. <strong>What can be done about this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, the Canadian government has finally decided to update these laws. But the <a href=\"http:\/\/gazette.gc.ca\/rp-pr\/p1\/2016\/2016-12-03\/html\/reg2-eng.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed amendments<\/a>\u00a0are grossly insufficient and would continue to allow animals to experience severe suffering during transport. <strong>Which is why now is the time <a href=\"https:\/\/humanecanada.ca\/enforce-the-transport-of-animals-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to speak up for those pigs that we see on the highway<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/humanecanada.ca\/enforce-the-transport-of-animals-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-304\" src=\"https:\/\/compassioneng.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/takeaction_now.jpg\" alt=\"takeaction_now\" width=\"366\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #1279be;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-301 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/compassioneng.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/warning_blue.png\" alt=\"warning_blue\" width=\"42\" height=\"37\" \/>Here are <strong>3 alarming facts<\/strong> about Canada\u2019s new animal transport legislation.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>1.It allows animals to be transported up to 36 hours without food, water, or rest<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposed maximum transport times ignore what has been identified by scientific research as acceptable in terms of animal welfare, subjecting animals to dehydration and exhaustion. In Europe, regulations require that all animals who are transported longer than eight hours must be loaded onto trucks equipped with automatic water troughs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. It does not protect animals from extreme weather conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though this is now standard in many other countries, even those with less extreme weather conditions than Canada, the draft regulations do not require transport vehicles to be climate controlled or equipped with any kind of temperature monitoring system, thus failing to protect animals from <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/local-news\/pigs-die-en-masse-during-frigid-winter-truck-transport-from-alberta-to-b-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freezing in the winter<\/a> and heatstroke in the summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. It permits the use of inhumane handling techniques.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The amendments continue to allow electric prods to be used routinely, even on compromised animals, and allow animals to be painfully lifted by their legs, head, and horns.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/compassioneng.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/transport_banner3.jpg\" alt=\"transport_banner3.jpg\" width=\"1080\" height=\"616\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government\u2019s draft legislation must first go through a public comment period, which ends on February 15th, before being adopted. By signing <a href=\"https:\/\/humanecanada.ca\/enforce-the-transport-of-animals-regulations\/\">this petition<\/a>,\u00a0you can send a clear message to the government that these amendments simply aren\u2019t good enough and that all animals deserve basic protections.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wkoMBccvcWw?list=PLBeLb2-00e4MtBJbGEamJagRsTAveDFEg]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-312 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/compassioneng.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/me_sophie_gaillard_bio.png\" alt=\"me_sophie_gaillard_bio\" width=\"91\" height=\"97\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Me Sophie Gaillard<br \/>\nLawyer, Animal Advocacy<b>\u00a0| Investigations and Inspections<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Me Sophie Gaillard joined the Montreal SPCA in September 2013, after having graduated from McGill University\u2019s Faculty of Law and articling at the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions\u2019 office in Montreal. In her role as lawyer for the Investigations and Inspections Department, Me Gaillard supervises the SPCA\u2019s inspectors and provides them with legal guidance, as well as acting as a liaison with prosecutors and law enforcement. As lawyer for the Animal Advocacy Department, Me Gaillard works on initiatives to strengthen animal protection legislation at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Her two rescue dogs, Milo and Pheobe, accompany her to the office every day. (\u00a9 Photo : Jo-Anne McArthur \/ Unbound Project)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annually across Canada, 700 million farm animals are transported from farm to slaughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Annually across Canada, 700 million farm animals are transported from farm to slaughter.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-02-08T20:59:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-25T18:22:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/transport_banner-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"393\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb270c3a831da1db58875397cc63926b\"},\"headline\":\"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-08T20:59:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-25T18:22:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":581,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/transport_banner-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Latest News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/\",\"name\":\"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/transport_banner-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-02-08T20:59:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-25T18:22:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb270c3a831da1db58875397cc63926b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/transport_banner-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/transport_banner-1.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":393},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\",\"description\":\"Au service des animaux depuis 1869\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb270c3a831da1db58875397cc63926b\",\"name\":\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/e1404b69778a7dcd17c80547a0f3c704.jpg?ver=1775813096\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/e1404b69778a7dcd17c80547a0f3c704.jpg?ver=1775813096\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.spca.com\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/e1404b69778a7dcd17c80547a0f3c704.jpg?ver=1775813096\",\"caption\":\"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al\"},\"sameAs\":[\"anitak@spca.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","og_description":"Annually across Canada, 700 million farm animals are transported from farm to slaughter.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/","og_site_name":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","article_published_time":"2017-02-08T20:59:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-25T18:22:55+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":393,"url":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/transport_banner-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/"},"author":{"name":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb270c3a831da1db58875397cc63926b"},"headline":"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws","datePublished":"2017-02-08T20:59:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-25T18:22:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/"},"wordCount":581,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/transport_banner-1.jpg","articleSection":["Latest News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/","url":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/","name":"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws - SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/transport_banner-1.jpg","datePublished":"2017-02-08T20:59:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-25T18:22:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb270c3a831da1db58875397cc63926b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/transport_banner-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/transport_banner-1.jpg","width":1080,"height":393},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/three-alarming-facts-about-canadas-proposed-animal-transport-laws\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Three Alarming Facts About Canada\u2019s Proposed Animal Transport Laws"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/","name":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","description":"Au service des animaux depuis 1869","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cb270c3a831da1db58875397cc63926b","name":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/e1404b69778a7dcd17c80547a0f3c704.jpg?ver=1775813096","url":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/e1404b69778a7dcd17c80547a0f3c704.jpg?ver=1775813096","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/e1404b69778a7dcd17c80547a0f3c704.jpg?ver=1775813096","caption":"SPCA de Montr\u00e9al"},"sameAs":["anitak@spca.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62671,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/62671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}