Reading Time: 2 minutes Ranchers and livestock producers at a Regina farm show got a demonstration of a potential solution to looming labour shortages: dogs. Dogs and their handlers competed at the seventh annual Cattle Dog Futurity and Maturity competitions and the International Stock Dog Trials held Thursday at Canadian Western Agribition. The futurity event featured dogs born between […] Read more
At Agribition: Young dogs debut their new tricks
'These guys show up to work'
Ontario domestic dog dies of avian flu
Three poultry barns east of Montreal see outbreaks in space of a week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pet owners are being warned not to feed their animals raw meat from poultry or game birds or allow pets to consume or play with dead wild birds after the death of a dog from avian flu in southern Ontario. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday reported the results of a necropsy on an […] Read more
Hanson Acres: Coming home isn’t always just as you imagined it
Fresh off the plane from Germany, Donna takes another trip when she sees the house
Reading Time: 5 minutes After nearly a month in Germany helping her daughter take care of a new baby, Donna Hanson was happy to see her husband at the bottom of the airport staircase when she arrived at the Regina airport. It was good to be home. Until Dale shouted up, “Welcome home, Grandma!” Donna was mortified. She looked […] Read more
Health Canada warns people not to take livestock dewormers
No evidence that drug is effective against COVID-19
Reading Time: 3 minutes “Concerning reports” of people in Canada seeking out veterinary-grade dewormers for personal use have led Health Canada to formally advise against doing so. News reports in Western Canada in the past week have described increased demand from non-farming consumers for veterinary-grade ivermectin, whether at livestock supply retailers or online. While ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug […] Read more
China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock
New guidelines drafted in post-virus regulatory push
Reading Time: 2 minutes Shanghai | Reuters — China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus outbreak that the Humane Society called a potential “game changer” in animal welfare. Though dog meat remains a delicacy in many regions, the ministry of agriculture […] Read more
No turkeys, pigs, goats: U.S. to let airlines limit service animals
Miniature horses still up for discussion
Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday proposed giving airlines the power to bar emotional support animals from cabins and limit the definition of a service animal to a trained dog. The proposed new rules are aimed at preventing passengers from falsely claiming their pets are service animals aboard U.S. airline flights. […] Read more
Hanson Acres: The case of the barking dog in the night-time
Dale gets an answer to his question, “What do I have to pay to get a decent sleep around here?”
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dale was out in the shop alone early on Tuesday morning, bent over the collie as it slept in its cushioned bed. Dale was barking at the dog. Loudly. “Ruff! Ruff!” Jeff came in to pick up a wrench to tighten a dripping hose fitting on the air seeder before he took it to the […] Read more
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